Banksy has donated three oil paintings referencing the European migrant crisis to a charity auction raising money for a hospital in Bethlehem
took 19th century-style Romantic seascapes and added life jackets and buoys to depict the deaths of migrants travelling to the EU during the 2010s.Banksy created the triptych of paintings for his hotel in Bethlehem, called The Walled Off Hotel, which contains a museum and gallery.
Overlooking the West Bank wall that divides the town, the hotel bills itself as having"the worst view of any hotel in the world" and is filled with original Banksy artwork.The works will feature in Sotheby's Rembrandt to Richter cross-category evening sale on Tuesday. Proceeds will go to the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation and will be used to build a new acute stroke unit and the purchase of children's rehabilitation equipment.
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