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balloon

[buh-loon] / bəˈlun /
NOUN
inflated material or vehicle
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“Girl With Balloon on Found Landscape” sold for $18 million at a Manhattan auction, signaling renewed demand for the once-anonymous street artist.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Three years later, in a highly theatrical piece of performance art, he staged a live destruction of his Girl with Balloon at Sotheby's auction house - moments after it was sold for £1m.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Panahi has won a host of prizes at European film festivals and showcased his debut film "The White Balloon" in Cannes in 1995 which won an award for best first feature.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

Girl with Balloon, valued at £270,000, was taken from the Grove Gallery in central London in September last year.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

The procession passed the Austrian Village and Captive Balloon Park, where a hydrogen balloon tethered to the ground took visitors aloft.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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