Banksy artwork appears in Ukraine 00:15 U.K.-based street and performance artist Banksy is accusing clothing maker Guess of stealing his work and is calling on people to shoplift from the retailer's store on Regent Street in London. "Attention all shoplifters," Banksy wrote in a recent Ins...
Elusive street artist Banksy on Sunday unveiled a new artwork in London, depicting a shoal of fish on a police sentry box, his seventh animal-themed piece to surface in the British capital over the last week. Previous works include dark silhouette images of a goat, elephants, monkeys, a wol...
Banksy’s artwork is characterized by striking images, often combined with slogans. His work often engages political themes, satirically critiquing war, capitalism, hypocrisy, and greed. Common subjects include rats, apes, policemen, members of the royal family, and children. In addition to his tw...
Gunningham moved to London around 2000, a timeline that correlates with the progression of Banksy’s artwork. Making Banksy’s identity potentially harder to pin down is the suggestion by journalist Craig Williams and others that Banksy is a collective of artists working together under the same ...
Banksy's Game Changer celebrates Britain's brave NHS health workers, who are at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic (Credit: Banksy) British street artist Banksy is well-known for hiscontroversialand often politically-themed artwor...
A screenshot of a Banksy artwork in Gaza, taken from the artist's website. BANKSY.CO.UK Making use of sharp irony, his own artwork and the rubble-strewn streets of a territory shattered by last summer’s conflict between Israel and Hamas militants, he shines a spotlight on the suffering...
Nottingham City Council put up a protective screen over the artwork, but like thepiece that appeared in Bristol over Valentine's Day(which was confirmed as a real Banksy), it was soon defaced by graffiti. It didn't take long for the street art to be covered up(Image credit: BBC) ...
and many say he controls his own narrative via email. Banksy is revered as an international icon, and to prove this, one only needs to look at the numbers. These days, his incredible artwork commands hundreds of thousands of dollars in the auction houses of Great Britain and the United Sta...
The most expensive artwork was an original print ofGirl With Balloon(circa 2004), which sold for $104,000. Other highlights included a proof print ofLove Is in the Air (aka Flower Thrower)(circa 2003) that sold for $45,500 and an origina...
Latest Banksy Artwork 'Love is in the Bin' Created Live at Auction His work fits firmly into the venerable history of political parody, from William Hogarth’s portrayal of the controversy, corruption and chaos of 18th century politics, to George Orwell’s revolutionaryAnimal Farmand the political...