The First Unauthorized Banksy Retrospective To Be Held At Sotheby's

LONDON (AP) -- There's a dead rat at the heart of a new exhibition mounted by august auction house Sotheby's. Stuffed and sporting a backpack and a spray can, the rodent is the creation-cum-alter ego of Banksy, the anonymous street artist turned art-world superstar. It's a sign of his status that Sotheby's is behind one of the largest-ever Banksy exhibitions, a display of kissing policemen, placard-wearing chimpanzees and smiley-faced riot police spanning much of the artist's career. Some of the...