The crisis in the banking industry is now influencing art.
Artist Merlin Carpenter is selling a seven-foot-high canvas, with the phrase “Banks Are Bad,” painted on it in black. The painting is one of seven that Carpenter recently produced for an art gallery in London. The “Banks Are Bad” painting is the only one of the seven that focuses on the financial services industry.
One of the seven sold for nearly $30,000, according to Bloomberg News. Three others have been reserved, with no word on whether “Banks Are Bad” is among them.