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Barbed art critic Brian Sewell is back—in AI form

The late writer known for his poison pen will make an appearance in a new London magazine

A Banksy work has been stolen in London—again

Two men have appeared in court charged with burglary following the theft of a version of 'Girl with Balloon'

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'Banksy woz ere': what's next for the street artist's menagerie?

London Zoo removes mural, but remains tight-lipped about plans to sell the piece

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Banksy unveils gorilla artwork at London Zoo—hours after his rhino was defaced

Depicting an ape breaking animals out of an enclosure, it is the ninth piece in the street artist's animal-themed series across the UK capital

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Banksy’s fifth animal mural in less than a week appears in east London

The picture of a pair of pelicans joins others depicting elephants, an ibex goat, monkeys and a wolf that have popped up on structures across the capital

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Banksy’s London zoo: goat, monkey and elephant silhouettes fox the nation

Do the animal works reflect the state of the UK, the war in Gaza—or something else entirely?

Banksy hits back at UK home secretary, saying the detention of his migrant rescue boat in Italy is ‘vile and unacceptable’

British street artist launched an inflatable boat artwork at Glastonbury to highlight the migrant crisis

Banksy's Glastonbury migrant boat artwork is ‘vile’, says UK home secretary

The inflatable boat with dummies of migrants is a “celebration of loss of life in the Channel”, claims the Conservative politician

Art marketanalysis

‘Investment galleries’ that pitch art as a safe haven gain ground in the UK

But can the notoriously fickle art market ever be considered a sure bet?

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Preserving Banksy: public art database to document the UK’s murals

The project, backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will also capture many of Northern Ireland's politically charged street art works

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Banksy’s shredded Girl with Balloon renamed and redated—again

Canvas that “self destructed” at Sotheby’s in 2018 was renamed Love is in the Bin by the artist’s studio—but last year it went on show in Korea with a new title and date

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Banksy calls for an end to war

New mural appeared in south London of three military drones stuck to a red “stop” sign—but has already been removed by two unknown men

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‘It’s Robbie’—Banksy (apparently) reveals first name in 2003 BBC interview

Chat during Turf War show also touches on ‘microwave meal’ art—and Charles Saatchi

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Scheme to sell fractions of Banksy’s Valentine’s Day Mascara could be illegal, lawyer says

Online company managing the Margate mural, intended as a comment on domestic abuse, has already sold more than £250,000 in shares

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Damaged Banksy mural in Venice to be restored

But some critics are arguing that Migrant Child, which has been slowly deteriorating since it first appeared in 2019, should be left alone

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Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow shreds box-office record with Banksy exhibition

With his first official solo show in 14 years, Banksy left his tag on the Scottish city, home to the mysterious street artist's favourite work of art in the UK

Banksy’s 'Valentine’s Day Mascara' mural to be sold back to the public for £120 a share

A comment on domestic violence, a six-figure sum has been pledged to Margate charity Oasis

Fashion designer Paul Smith to sell his Banksy at Bonhams

The 2004 work Congestion Charge has a high estimate of £1.8m in the 29 June auction

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Banksy’s migrant rescue ship detained by Italian authorities

Activists say boat was seized after taking 180 rescued people to Lampedusa and has been impounded for 20 days for violating new Italian laws

Hong Kong heiress sues gallery over alleged £500,000 Banksy fraud

Karen Lo says the dealer Pearl Lam never followed through with her purchase of a well-known painting by the secretive British artist

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Builders accidentally demolish latest Banksy work—and pull the pieces from the rubble

Anonymous artist appears to have watched the new installation in the English county of Kent being destroyed before posting it Instagram

High-tech security systems installed on Banksy’s Ukraine murals

Ajax Systems has deployed $13,000 worth of security and monitoring apparatuses at four Banksy murals in and around Kyiv

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Banksy stands up to domestic violence with new Valentine’s Day mural in coastal Kent town

The anonymous street artist has emblazoned a wall in Margate with an image of a woman disposing of her abusive husband

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Ringleader of group who attempted to steal Banksy mural in Ukraine could face 12 years in prison

The suspect has not been identified by police, but is likely to be an environmental activist who told press that he intended to auction the work in support of the Ukrainian army

Police detain group attempting to steal Banksy mural from Ukraine wall

The work is one of seven the artist created in war-torn areas of the country last month

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Proceeds from sale of Banksy sculpture will aid refugees

The work, depicting a boat of refugees, is at Context Art Miami fair