Their frames were “like the sides of crude packing cases,” said another. The mainstream art establishment had long used elaborate gilt frames to make a work of art stand out from the competition.

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Banksy loves frames. In the British artist's Walled Off hotel, which stands beneath the West Bank barrier in Bethlehem, every wall is riotously decorated with his work in picture frames: giant ...