Banksy launches homewares shop in dispute over trademark

Artist opens Gross Domestic Product for sale of ‘impractical and offensive’ merchandise

In the run-up to a potentially record-breaking auction of his work at Sotheby’s, to be held on Thursday, the street artist Banksy said he had been forced into taking the unusual step of opening his own homewares store following a legal dispute with a greetings card company.

Gross Domestic Product mysteriously opened in Croydon on Tuesday on the site of a former carpet shop. It will trade for the next two weeks – though will never open its doors, with all sales being made online.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2nutJqF
via
0 Comments