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Thieves Try to Steal Banksy Mural From Scorched Wall in Ukrainian Town
The image of a woman in a bathrobe and gas mask holding a fire extinguisher, was cut away from the war damaged building in Kyiv’s Hostomel suburb.
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Shredded Banksy Artwork Sells for $25.4 Million at Auction
A work by British street artist Banksy that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million has sold again for $25.4 million at an auction on Thursday
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Half-Shredded Banksy Could Fetch Over $5 Million at Auction
A Banksy artwork that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million is up for sale again at several times the previous price.
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A Fake Banksy NFT Sold for More Than $300,000. Then the Buyer Got His Money Back
A web page added to Banksy’s website Tuesday linked to an NFT called “Great Redistribution of the Climate Change Disaster.”
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Elusive Artist Banksy Confirms He's Behind Prison Artwork
Street artist Banksy has confirmed that he was behind an artwork that appeared on the red brick wall of a former prison in the English town of Reading.
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Banksy's Last COVID-19 Tags Scrubbed From London Tube Train
Even if you are Banksy, tagging is forbidden on London’s Underground
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Stolen Banksy Honoring Bataclan Victims Found in Italy
Italian authorities on Thursday unveiled a stolen artwork by the British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 terror attacks at the Bataclan music hall in Paris.
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NY Court Approves $6.7M Award for 5Pointz Graffiti Artists Whose Work Was Destroyed
The site contained over 10,000 works of art, as some renderings were temporary and were eventually painted over with the permission of the artists.
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Banksy Takes Politically Charged Nativity Scene to Bethlehem
The mysterious street artist known as Banksy has displayed a politically charged Nativity scene in Bethlehem, the town revered as Jesus’ birthplace, just in time for the busy Christmas season. The artwork, named “Scar of Bethlehem,” depicts the birth of Jesus under Israel’s West Bank separation barrier with a bullet hole shaped like a star. The piece is displayed...
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Climate Mural Emerges After London Protests; Is It Banksy?
Officials in London are trying to determine if a stenciled mural that appeared at a base camp for climate protests was created by the street artist Banksy. The mural is on a wall at Marble Arch, where the group Extinction Rebellion had an encampment for 10 days until Thursday and disrupted transportation in the British capital with daily, targeted non-violent...
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Banksy Mural on Garage in Wales Sold But Will Stay in Place
A British art dealer says he has bought a mural stenciled by street artist Banksy on a garage wall in Wales for more than 100,000 pounds ($129,000). The artwork in Port Talbot shows a child playing in falling ash from a dumpster fire, an apparent reference to the steel town’s air pollution. Security guards were hired to protect the work...
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2 Huge Trump Murals On West Bank Barrier — Banksy's Work?
Has Banksy struck again in familiar territory? Two murals showing an oversized President Donald Trump appeared Friday on Israel’s West Bank separation barrier, just yards from where the elusive artist decorated a hotel earlier this year. The new drawings which resemble Banksy’s earlier art popped up on the edge of Bethlehem, the Palestinian city where the barrier largely consists of...
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Banksy Takes Art to the West Bank
Graffiti artist Banksy has a new art installation in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
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Banksy's Art in West Bank Hotel With World's ‘Worst View'
A Palestinian guest house packed with artwork of the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy unveiled itself Friday in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, with a sneak peek of what the owner sarcastically called the “hotel with the worst view in the world.” Wisam Salsaa, 42, said the nine-room establishment named “The Walled Off Hotel” will officially open on Mar....
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Scientists Use Geographic Profiling to Hunt for Identity of Elusive Banksy
Scientists have applied a type of modeling used to track down criminals and map disease outbreaks to identify the graffiti artist, whose real name has never been confirmed. The researchers used the location of 140 Banksy artworks in London and Bristol, western England. Writing in the Journal of Spatial Science, they said the artworks “are associated with sites linked to...
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Gaza Man “Tricked” Into Selling Banksy Painting For $175
A 33-year-old Gaza man says he has been duped into selling a valuable work by British graffiti artist Banksy for less than $200.