A bank card painted for the bankSourced
He painted his own credit card.
The bank suggested cancelling it.
British artist Babak Ganjei exhibited an oil painting of his Barclaycard in London in 2018 and tried to sell it to Barclays. The bank did not buy the painting; it advised him to cancel the card for security reasons.
The response to the artwork
was a security tip.
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