“On my first trip to Palestine I arrived at night and was driven straight behind the wall. So I assumed the poverty, the donkeys, the water shortages, the electricity blackouts were all just facts of life in that part of the world. I was completely astounded when a week later I left ...
While Banksy remains anonymous, people will be curious about him and his artwork, and the value of his art is only likely to rise in line with this.While most artists gain in popularity after their deaths due to a limit on the art available, with Banksy, it doesn’t need to be such ...
Although he was increasingly famous, Banksy remained anonymous; his rare interviews were conducted via e-mail or with responses delivered by an altered voice on tape. He remained committed to street art, declaring that life in a city in which graffiti was legal would be “like a party where ...