Civilian_Drone_Strike_(Banksy) Knowpia

Civilian Drone Strike
Civilian Drone Strike
Artist	Banksy
Year	2017
Preceded by	The Son of a Migrant from Syria
Followed by	Love is in the Bin

Civilian Drone Strike is a 2017 artwork by Banksy. The work depicts three General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drones flying above a child's drawing of a bombed house with a child and pet looking on at the destruction. The piece was donated to the Art the Arms Fair gallery and was exhibited to coincide with the 2017 DSEI arms fair.^[1]^[2] The work sold for £205,000.^[3] Proceeds from the sale have been donated to Campaign Against Arms Trade and Reprieve.^[4]

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^ "Art The Arms Fair – Against DSEI Arms Fair". www.artthearmsfair.org.
^ "Instagram post by Art The Arms Fair • Sep 11, 2017 at 6:12pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
^ Gayle, Damien (16 September 2017). "Banksy gives £205,000 to human rights and anti-arms trade groups". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
^ Shaw, Alex. "New Banksy work to be revealed at Art the Arms Fair". Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

[1] "Art The Arms Fair – Against DSEI Arms Fair". www.artthearmsfair.org.

[2] "Instagram post by Art The Arms Fair • Sep 11, 2017 at 6:12pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.

[3] Gayle, Damien (16 September 2017). "Banksy gives £205,000 to human rights and anti-arms trade groups". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.

[4] Shaw, Alex. "New Banksy work to be revealed at Art the Arms Fair". Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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