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Devolved Parliament
2009
Video Installation

Devolved Parliament is a 2009 oil-on-canvas painting by Banksy, replacing British politicians debating in the House of Commons with chimpanzees. In 2019, the artwork became Banksy's most expensive to date, selling for £9.9 million ($12.2 million USD) at Sotheby's in London on October 3, 2019.
The work measures 2.5 m × 4.2 m (8 ft 2 in × 13 ft 9 in). It was titled Question Time when first shown at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery's 2009 Banksy show. It was sold to a private collector in 2011. The depiction of chimpanzees echoes Banksy's 2002 work Laugh Now, a 6-foot-long stenciled work showing a row of apes wearing poster boards with the inscription: "Laugh now, but one day we'll be in charge."




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