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Banksy Mural on Garage in Wales Sold but Will Stay in Place
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By Associated Press
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January 19, 2019

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LONDON โ€” A British art dealer says he has bought a mural stenciled by street artist Banksy on a garage wall in Wales for more than $129,000.
The artwork in Port Talbot shows a child playing in falling ash from a dumpster fire, an apparent reference to the steel townโ€™s air pollution.
Security guards were hired to protect the work after it appeared in December on a steelworkerโ€™s garage.
John Brandler of Brandler Galleries in eastern England said Friday he has agreed that the mural will stay in place for at least two years.
He said โ€œI want to make Port Talbot a go-to place rather than a go-from place. Within a short time Iโ€™m thinking of bringing five or six more Banksys to Port Talbot. Letโ€™s do an exhibition.

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