Banksy’s tribute to the NHSGame Changer
“Game Changer ” on view to staff and patients at Level C, Southampton General Hospital (detail – full image below and here!)
The mural – 1 metre square – was left with the following note:
“Thanks for all you’re doing. I hope this brightens the place up a bit, even if its only black and white.“
The Hospital has announced that, post-lockdown, the piece will be put on public display and then auctioned to raise money for NHS charities.
Sold by on-line auction in Christie’s We are all Warriors: The Basquiat Auction in Hong Kong: 23 March 2021
Sold for £16,758,000 – with proceeds used to benefit the University Hospital Southampton, as well as other UK NHS-related charities
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