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Banksy Protests Zehra Dogan’s Imprisonment for Painting a Picture, NYC 2018

March 16, 2018

The elusive Banksy has hit the famous Houston Bowery wall in New York. The new 70-foot-long piece is a collaboration with street writer Borf and protests the imprisonment of Turkish prisoner Zehra Dogan for painting a picture. Journalist and painter Zehra Dogan was sentenced in March 2017 for nearly 3 years for painting a water-colour […]

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Exit Through the Gift Shop: Banksy’s Documentary on Street Art and the Commercialisation of Art

January 30, 2018

Exit Through the Gift Shop is a 2010 documentary film directed by none other than the world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy and narrated by Rhys Ifans. The film is a fascinating exploration of street art, its creators, and the commercialisation of art. Banksy – Exit Through the GiftShop. Image copyright Banksy The documentary follows Thierry Guetta, […]

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Banksy, Draw the Raised Bridge, Scott Street Bridge, Hull, UK 2018. Photo Credit Banksy

Banksy’s latest mural “Draw the Raised Bridge!” questions Freedom, Hull 2018

January 27, 2018

A new mural by anonymous artist Banksy has appeared in Hull, UK. The artwork is a stencilled design on the Scott street bridge and depicts a child holding a wooden sword with the words written “DRAW THE RAISED BRIDGE!”. As always we aim to unravel Banksy’s murals … on first glance we notice the pencil attached to […]

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Banksy and Danny Boyle bring the Alternativity Christmas Play to Bethlehem 2017

December 17, 2017

Banksy invited Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle to Bethlehem in 2017 to help create The Alternativity, an alternative Nativity play staged in the car park of The Walled Off Hotel, beneath the shadow of the West Bank separation barrier. The Alternativity was performed by local children on 3 December 2017 in The Walled Off Hotel […]

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Banksy’s Christmas Messages “Peace on Earth” and “Cherubs”, Bethlehem, Palestine 2017

December 3, 2017

The elusive Banksy returned to Bethlehem in December 2017 with two festive works created close to The Walled Off Hotel and the West Bank separation barrier. Cherubs and Peace on Earth brought familiar Christmas imagery into direct conversation with division, conflict and the enduring hope for peace. The first work depicts two cherubs attempting to […]

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Banksy’s Apologetic Street Party 100 years after the Balfour Agreement, West Bank Separation Wall 2017

November 1, 2017

Banksy marked the centenary of the Balfour Declaration in Bethlehem with an ironic street party, a royal impersonator and his “Er… Sorry” carving on the separation wall.

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Banksy Basquiat Tribute, Barbican centre, london. Photo credit Banksy 2017

Banksy pays Tribute to Basquiat, Barbican Centre, London 2017

September 17, 2017

Two murals by Banksy have appeared close to the Barbican centre, London, unofficially marking the opening of the Barbicans latest exhibition Basquiat: Boom for Real. Basquiat: Boom for Real is the first large-scale exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960­-1988). One of the most significant painters of the 20th century, Basquiat came of […]

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Banksy Raises £205,000 to Oppose an Arms Fair in London’s Docklands, 2017

September 16, 2017

The Banksy artwork donated to “Art the Arms fair” has sold for £205,000 at auction. “Art the Arms fair” is an exhibition set up to oppose the “Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair“, held at the Excel centre in London’s Docklands, which hosts more than 1,600 exhibitors from 54 countries running from 12-15 September. Read […]

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Banksy’s contributes to Art the Arms Fair Exhibition, London 2017

September 11, 2017

As the world’s largest Arms Fair opens in London’s Docklands, artists gather in its shadow to stage an alternative art show called Art the Arms Fair, a unique art exhibition that has been set up in opposition to the Defence & Security Equipment International 2017 (DSEI), one of the biggest arms fairs in the world. The week-long […]

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Banksy, The Walled Off Hotel, Bethlehem, Gift Shop. Photo Credit Banksy

Banksy’s The Walled Off Hotel Gift Shop is now Open, September 2017

September 8, 2017

Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel Gift Shop opened in Bethlehem in 2017, offering visitors exclusive souvenirs, wall sections, the Box Set and other objects created for the hotel.

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Banksy's UK Girl with Balloon Election Souvenir Special Print Release, 2017. photo Credit Banksy

Banksy’s Girl With Balloon “UK Election Souvenir Special” Print Release Coming Soon

June 3, 2017

Guerrilla artist Banksy just announced a brand new version of his iconic “Girl With Balloon” image that will be released free of charge as a “UK Election Souvenir Special”. An exclusive new UK Banksy print will be released on the 9th June. This limited edition artwork on archival quality paper is completely free, but is […]

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