Banksy stencilling one image a day for 9 days in widely spread spots in London, with no clues to the idea, theme or message until the final reveal on day 9
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Banksy London Zoo Breakout
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Banksy London Zoo Escape
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Banksy Gardening Tips
Photos and analysis of new street art by Banksy in North London stencilled man with garden sprayer paints wall green behind pruned tree
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A Sign From Banksy
Banksy is in the news again, who’d have thought? For the benefit of anyone dwelling beneath something hard and rock like, an image of three drone missiles appeared on a STOP sign at a road junction in Peckham, South London, acknowledged as a genuine Banksy on Banksy’s instagram. What made this Banksy particularly newsworthy was […]
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Banksy Cut and Run List
Comprehensive list of art works exhibited by Banksy at “Cut and Run” Show, GOMA, Glasgow, Jul-Aug 2023
Banksy retrospective cut and run analyses with appraisal of technique and historical perspective
“It’s A Brum Ting” has been the signature of the past fortnight as Birmingham hosted the Commonwealth Games. So what is it about Birmingham, why is it so great? Armed with a cheap cheap day return rail ticket I set out several weeks back to discover what Goldie, Trevor Francis and Banksy (might have) appreciated […]
Banksy, the best known living artist, is an enigma with a perverse attitude to celebrity status and personal information. In an age where non-entities share every plate of food, change of eyeshadow and ill-advised swimwear hot, this is this is a major anomaly. Anonymity and secrecy fuels curiosity so there have been many books about […]
East Anglia has in the past week or so became home to a spectacular trove of street art that finally this afternoon was verified as genuine Banksy. Banksy has verified a grand total of 10 new pieces of street art and to put this in context, there were only 5 outdoor Banksy artworks at his […]
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Banksy’s Wilde Time in Reading Prison
A street art stencil has appeared on the wall of the former Reading nick and after making us wait a little while, Banksy has just this afternoon confirmed it as his, the tease. As usual the confirmation comes simultaneously via his website and his Instagram and for the second time in less than a […]
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Banksy v Robbo – New Details Emerge
One of the biggest feuds in art-world history, street artist Banksy v graffiti writer Robbo rumbled on much longer than fans and art historians previously thought. In December 2009 street artist Banksy created 4 illegal pieces of stencil art on the sides of a canal in Camden, London. One of the pieces, the Banksy Wallpaperer […]
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Street Art For Strange Times
You didn’t think a killer virus was going to stop street artists did you? Shoreditch witnessed an outpouring of street art addressing the Covid 19 pandemic from a number of angles. It’s amazing what a street artist could achieve with that one hour outdoor exercise license non-shielding people had during lockdown! Thank You NHS, Artist […]
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A Decade On – King Robbo
Christmas Day 10 years ago the notorious Robbo vs Banksy spat went to another level. Robbo, RIP, headed out very early Christmas morning, crossed the Regents Canal at Camden directly under British Transport Police HQ and painted the perfect riposte to Banksy’s Wallpaperer. 25th December 2019 KING ROBBO! Early that Christmas morning I noticed a […]
Gross Domestic Product Croydon 30 September – 13th October 2019 London Art Week was earlier this month and one thing we have come to rely upon is it getting trumped by a Banksy event. The big news that crossed over into the mainstream media from Art Week was a new Banksy Auction record of £10million […]
Banksy’s most spectacular painting to date is on display at Sotheby’s Bond St, London HQ and beautifully staged it is too. Banksy Devolved Parliament (photo 2019) Devolved Parliament is being auctioned this week when London opens its galleries, museums and park tents to its annual international art week. This painting first appeared in public in […]