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05 Oct 2026 4 min read

Banksy, Self-destruction and the Art of the Spectacle

Eight years ago, one of the most talked-about moments in contemporary art unfolded in the middle of a Sotheby’s auction in London. Banksy’s Girl with Balloon had just sold for £1.04 million when the artwork began...

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02 Sept 2026 4 min read

Banksy’s Barely Legal, LA: 20 Years On

Banksy’s Barely Legal exhibition in Los Angeles transformed an industrial warehouse into a provocative spectacle of street art, political satire and celebrity culture. Featuring the infamous painted elephant installation alongside a series of iconic works and...

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19 Aug 2026 5 min read

Banksy's Dismaland: Eleven Years on

In the summer of 2015, Banksy transformed a derelict seaside lido into Dismaland: a dystopian “bemusement park” combining art, spectacle and biting social commentary. Eleven years later, we revisit one of the artist’s most ambitious projects...

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10 Aug 2026 3 min read

Banksy’s Blinded By The Flag could become permanent as Westminster council deliberates

Banksy’s Blinded By The Flag, a striking sculpture in Waterloo Place showing a flag-blinded marcher stepping unknowingly into empty space, may become a permanent London landmark as Westminster City Council weighs its future amid interpretations of...

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06 Jul 2026 2 min read

Banksy's Heavy Weaponry (2001) - Signed

Banksy’s Heavy Weaponry (2001) is a rare, signed early original that predates the later 2003 edition of 25, making it significantly more scarce and desirable to collectors. As demand for authentic Banksy originals continues to rise...

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A Life Size example of Banksy’s Love Is In The Air Headlined Sotheby’s Evening Sale

Artists

22 Jun 2026

A Life Size example of Banksy’s Love Is In The Air Headlined Sotheby’s Evening Sale

One of Banksy’s most enduring images headlined Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction in London this week, as Love Is In The Air (Life Size) (2011) sold for £6,434,000. This makes the work amongst the top...

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Artists

21 May 2026

Third Most Expensive Banksy Sells for $18 Million

Banksy’s Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape sold for $18 million at a Fair Warning auction in New York, making...

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11 May 2026 2 min read

The Return of 'Migrant Child' in Venice

Banksy's 'Migrant Child' has been restored and will tour Venice.

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29 Apr 2026 3 min read

New Banksy: Blinded By The Flag

A now confirmed Banksy sculpture in London shows a marching figure blinded by their own flag, stepping unknowingly off a...

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16 Apr 2026 5 min read

Art as Protest: 10 of Banksy's Political Stunts

Banksy’s most enduring political power lies not only in the imagery he creates, but in where and how he chooses...

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12 Mar 2026

Five Rules to Avoid Buying a Fake Banksy Print

Banksy prints are highly collectable and can fetch incredible sums of money. Unfortunately, this makes them a target for forgeries...

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09 Feb 2026 5 min read

Art as Protest: Banksy and Palestinian Politics

Banksy’s work has long existed at the intersection of street art, media spectacle, and political dissent. While his anonymity invites...

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22 Dec 2025 1 min read

New Banksy's: Stargazing Children Become a Message on Homelessness

Two identical Banksy murals showing children lying on the ground and pointing at the stars have appeared in Bayswater and...

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15 Dec 2025

Banksy's The Walled Off Hotel Reopens

Banksy’s The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem has reopened after more than a year of closure, once again inviting visitors...

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05 Dec 2025 3 min read

The Master of Mischief: 10 Times Banksy Pranked the Art World

Banksy’s career is punctuated by a series of audacious public interventions that have captured global attention and reshaped the way...

Artists

23 Sept 2025

Banksy Thefts Through The Years

Banksy’s works have repeatedly been stolen or controversially removed, from Girl With Balloon and Laugh Now to Slave Labour and...

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08 Sept 2025 3 min read

New Banksy: The Royal Courts of Justice

Banksy introduces his Instagram followers to a new piece

Banksy’s Piranhas Police Box Placed in Protective Storage Ahead of Museum Display

Artists

02 Sept 2025

Banksy’s Piranhas Police Box Placed in Protective Storage Ahead of Museum Display

Banksy’s piranhas police box, has been moved into protective storage ahead of its display at the London Museum’s new Smithfield...

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27 Jun 2025 4 min read

Banksy at Glastonbury Through The Years

Take a look at Banksy's instalments at Glastonbury through the years

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29 May 2025 1 min read

New Banksy: I Want To Be What You Saw In Me

Banksy introduces his Instagram followers to a new piece

Art Market

08 May 2025

Banksy’s Heartfelt Mural Returns to NYC

Banksy’s rare, reworked mural Battle to Survive a Broken Heart—originally painted on a Brooklyn warehouse wall in 2013—is now on...

Art Market

05 Mar 2025 1 min read

Blink-182 star auctions Banksy original

Blink-182 star Mark Hoppus sells Banksy’s Crude Oil (Vettriano) for £4.26m at Sotheby’s Modern And Contemporary Evening Auction in London...

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17 Feb 2025

Banksy Piranhas to Move to London Museum

Banksy's Piranhas artwork, part of his animal-themed series that popped up throughout London last summer, will go on permanent display...

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15 Feb 2025 1 min read

10 years since Banksy's last Palestine tour

10 years ago in 2015, Banksy has returned to Palestine to create another series of works, following his famous 200...

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09 Feb 2025

Another Banksy Removed

Banksy goat mural has been removed from a building in Kew Bridge.

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25 Jan 2025 3 min read

Uncovering Banksy's Early Days

Before achieving global fame, Banksy collaborated with teens at a Bristol youth club in the late 1990s, creating vibrant murals...

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