Stories & Videos

Expert Voices

Banksy's Choose Your Weapon

New York | 19 May

One of the most enigmatic images of Banksy’s famously provocative oeuvre, the iconic image of an ominously masked and hooded young man walking Keith Haring’s cartoon dog with a metal chain is both a political commentary on the rising violence among youth in England and an ode to the power of street art as a means of resistance. Banksy's Choose Your Weapon will be offered as a highlight of Sotheby's upcoming The Now Evening Auction.

The Now Evening Auction

19 May 2022 | 6:00 PM EDT | New York

Playlist

Most Recent
Most Recent

On Now

Banksy's Choose Your Weapon
On Now

1994 Cabernet Sauvignon Screaming Eagle with Sotheby's Wine
On Now

Dreaming in Glass: Unveiling The Metropolitan Museum’s Tiffany Windows
On Now

A Masterpiece of Sound: The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius
On Now

Inside Sotheby’s Important Design Sale: Curated by Pierre Yovanovitch
On Now

Attention, Fragile! At Sotheby's Salon in Paris
On Now

The Last McQueen Heuer Monaco: A Tribute to the Heuer Champions
On Now

The Rolex That Dove to Titanic’s Wreck: Cinematographer Alfred Giddings' Rolex Submariner
On Now

Hemmerle’s Impressive Bronze and Emerald Necklace
On Now

The Original Bidding Battle From Over a Century Ago: Botticelli Rediscovered

On Now

Frank’s Files: Inside the World of Jewels with Carol Woolton
On Now

What’s in a Name? Discover the Centennial Legacy of CITIZEN Watches
On Now

A ‘Presidential’ Rolex | Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Historic Timepiece at Sotheby’s
On Now

Going Under the Surface of Artemisia Gentileschi's Mary Magdalen in Meditation
On Now

Florence's Monolithic Master of Mannerism: Rosso Fiorentino
On Now

Treasures: Celebrating the Finest of French Decorative Arts in London and Paris
On Now

When Radicality Became the Norm: The Collection of Françoise Mayer and Marc Sohier
On Now

Discover the Best Ever Italian Decorative Arts: The Giordano Collection
On Now

Nudes and Icons: Roy Lichtenstein's Most Cherished Works
On Now

Leslie Odom Jr. on Kandinsky: Colors that Strike the Soul

More from Sotheby's

The New York Sales

The Banana That Broke the Internet: Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' Heads to Auction

The New York Sales

Monet, Picasso, Kandinsky and More: Sydell Miller's Legacy of Beauty

The New York Sales

Picasso's Masterful Contradictions | La Statuaire

The New York Sales

Woman in Tub by Jeff Koons

The New York Sales

Untold Stories of American Abstraction | Thomas and "Bunty" Armstrong's Collection

The New York Sales

Ed Ruscha’s American Georges’ Flag

The New York Sales

Contranuities by Stuart Davis | A Masterpiece by a Modern American Artist

The New York Sales

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Red Kings

The New York Sales

Keith Haring New York City Subway Drawings

The New York Sales

Modern Masterpieces from The Great Collector Harry Frank Guggenheim

The New York Sales

The Mystical Power of Monet's Nymphéas

The New York Sales

Art in Transit: 31 Keith Haring Subway Drawings

Stay informed with Sotheby’s top stories, videos, events & news.

Receive the best from Sotheby’s delivered to your inbox.

Email Address

Title

First Name

Last Name

By subscribing you are agreeing to Sotheby’s Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe from Sotheby’s emails at any time by clicking the “Manage your Subscriptions” link in any of your emails.

Stay informed with Sotheby’s top stories, videos, events & news.

Receive the best from Sotheby’s delivered to your inbox.

Email Address

Title

First Name

Last Name

By subscribing you are agreeing to Sotheby’s Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe from Sotheby’s emails at any time by clicking the “Manage your Subscriptions” link in any of your emails.