Provenance covers an object's complete documented history. An artifact may thus have both a provenience and a provenance. The provenance of works of fine art, antiques and antiquities is of great importance, especially to their owner. There are a number of reasons why painting provenance is important, which mostly also apply to other types of fine art. A good provenance increases the value of a painting, and establishing provenance may help confirm the date, artist and, especially for portraits, the subject of a painting. It may confirm whether a painting is genuinely of the period it seems to date from. The
Works by Banksy that have been damaged or destroyed ended, a mechanism hidden in the frame was triggered by remote control and partially shredded the piece. Banksy later explained that he had built the shredder into the painting several years before it went up for auction, and named the new artwork created by the shredding "Love is in the Bin". Works by Banksy that have been damaged or destroyed This is a list of damaged or destroyed works of guerrilla art created by Banksy, which have been removed from their original locations or otherwise damaged or destroyed. Banksy is an England-based graffiti artist. Most of the works that make