Banksy

<div>that was a place for migrants who closed a while ago&nbsp;</div>

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<div>Banksy has painted here an ironical misappropriation of the famous canvas "Bonaparte crossing the Alps" signed by Jacques-Louis David.<br>This is a a quite big and sophsticated stencil with different layers and colors.</div>

Le conquérent aveuglé (titre non officiel)

<div>Created in 2006 and protected after 93% of respondents to a city council poll in favour of the piece staying</div>

Hanging Man

Girl With The Pierced Eardrum

Mild Mild West

<div>Banksy.&nbsp;<br>little girl "wake up, dream big"</div>

Banksy in Freemans Alley

<div>one of the 7 pieces done by Banksy , part of the piece&nbsp; have been protected , but don't undertsand why the mouse hasn 't been protected too&nbsp;</div>

<div>A valentine's Banksy that appeared on the night of 12/13 February 2020. Scaffolding went up and came down overnight and the local community woke up to this beautiful stencil and flower installation. Within a day perspex was placed over the stencil and removed and by the 15 February the piece had been badly dogged. These pictures were taken on 14 February 2020. Banksy learned his art under the watchful eye of John Nation a youth club worker at Barton Hill youth club around the corner from this piece. Banksy coming home.</div>

Valentine's Banksy

Madonna con la pistola - Madonna with the gun

<div>This little parachuting rat is still hanging in there. From 2003</div>

<div>An old piece by Banksy now kept under perspex, worth a look.</div>

Rose Trap

<div>Banksy visits his home city and leaves behind this lovely old lady sneezing and losing her false teeth.</div>

Aachoo!

Crew

Inkie

<div>One the side of the Prince Albert Pub is a great piece of Dead Musicians by local artist REQ, and the famous kissing coppers by Banksy</div>

The Prince Albert Pub - Dead Musicians and Kissing Coppers by Banksy

<div>OBSCURED. A new building went up that blocks the view of this piece. You can still see it if you walk between the buildings but it's no longer possible to get a good photo. Photo by Impermanent Art.&nbsp;</div>

Park(ing)

Watering Can Girl

<div>This mural of a family on a balcony is one of a series of artworks by Banksy that influenced and became the artwork for Blur’s Think Tank album (released in May 2003). It was originally a full length piece on the side of a house involving a painting style that simulated the trappings of an ornate palace in an unexpected location. At the point of taking the first picture it was only suffering from minor tagging at the base of the art. Later on, the upper and lower part was painted over but middle part is still visible.&nbsp;</div>

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Balcony family / Royal family

<div>Another piece in the courtyard of Cargo this is a typical Banksy in style in that it is a black and white single layer stencil. It is this style which made his name.<br><br><em>Graffiti Area</em>, also known as Guard Dog, is a mockery of the police and the authorities, depicting a policeman and his poodle on patrol in a designated graffiti area.</div><div>It has been painted in the courtyard of the Cargo nightclub in London, together with another celebrated Banksy wall entitled <em>His Master’s Voice</em>.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Cargo, a well-known venue on Rivington Street in the middle of Shoreditch, inLondon, is built inside an old railway tunnel showcasing murals from many urban artists. Acclaimed as a local masterpiece, Banksy’s work has been protected by perspex for about 15 years now and crowds still gather to see it.</div><div><br><br><br></div>

Graffiti Area / Guard Dog

<p>Three monkey's as part of Banksy's Urban Zoo series</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://inspiringcity.com/2024/08/08/banksys-urban-zoo-arrives-in-london/">https://inspiringcity.com/2024/08/08/banksys-urban-zoo-arrives-in-london/</a></p>

Three Monkey's

<p>Removed in summer 2025</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/25/venice-banksy-mural-removed-as-part-of-innovative-restoration-project">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/25/venice-banksy-mural-removed-as-part-of-innovative-restoration-project</a></p>

<div>A very rare collaboration by Banksy who painted this piece with the graffiti artist Stylo. It can be found in the courtyard of Cargo.<br><br><em>HMV</em>, also known as <em>His Master’s Voice</em>, or <em>Rocket Dog </em>portrays a white dog casually pointing a bazooka towards a 19th century gramophone. Banksy seems to be commenting on the old-fashioned nature of the music industry which the dog intends to bring down. The use of block black and white detail adds to the work’s impact. Banksy appropriates the iconic logo of the British popular music and entertainment firm that was created in the 1920s. This work could also illustrate the lost battle of music retailers in the digital era. The gramophone also symbolizes past generations and conservatism the dog is determined to destroy in order to create room for something new.<br><br><a href="https://banksyexplained.com/hmv-dog-2003/">https://banksyexplained.com/hmv-dog-2003/</a><br><br>More info:<br><br><strong>His Master’s Voice </strong>was first tagged on the streets of Banksy’s hometown of Bristol. Then in 2003, the artist used the stencil on the walls of the courtyard of the Cargonightclub in London, this time with a colorful background consisting of undefined yellow and orange forms.</div><div>Cargo, a well-known venue on Rivington Street in the middle of Shoreditch, inLondon, is built inside an old railway tunnel showcasing murals from many urban artists. Acclaimed as a local masterpiece, Banksy’s work has been protected by perspex for about 15 years now and crowds still gather to see it.<br><br><br></div>

His Master’s Voice / Rocket Dog

<p>There's always conjecture "Is it a Banksy?" - how does one ever know? But we think this one, which appeared in early 2013, and is now protected by a perspex cover, is a Banksy. <br></p>

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Quality Control

<p>Painted on a pillar on a house in Kew as part of Banksy's Urban Zoo project</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://inspiringcity.com/2024/08/08/banksys-urban-zoo-arrives-in-london/">https://inspiringcity.com/2024/08/08/banksys-urban-zoo-arrives-in-london/</a></p>

Mountain Goat

<div>Banksy supposedly stenciled this bird sitting in a tree tweeting a megaphone, while it was still the only piece on the wall on the side of Public Works. Since then, several street artists have added to the piece making the Banksy piece easily overlooked.</div>

Banksy bird with megaphone

Fishing Boy

<p>A large yellow flower painted by Banksy. It used to have a seated figure at the base of the mural but that has long since disappeared. The Flower can still be seen though</p>

The Flower Painter

<div>A mural of a prisoner climbing over the wall of the old Reading Gaol, using a typewriter.<br>The prison once held Oscar Wilde.<br>This piece was vandalised not long after it was painted (the typewriter was painted out and the tag ROBBO was added over it), but it was repaired and now has a perspex screen covering it and a fence around the bottom of the wall.</div>

The Great Escape

<div>November, 2022<br>Kyiv, Ukraine<br><br></div>

War in Ukraine

Milton Springsteen

<div>2006 Banksy Print ‘Trolley Hunters’ and Astronaut Ape by Milton Springsteen in Fresh Choice carpark (REMOVED January 2022)</div>

Trolley Hunters + Astronaut Ape

<p>This striking image of a girl being drenched by rain from inside of her umbrella is in reference to the devastating event of&nbsp;Hurricane Katrina&nbsp;in 2005, which have been amplified by failure of the flood defenses that had been designed to protect the citizens from such a disaster. Naturally, an umbrella is designed to keep the individual using it dry and protected from the elements.</p><p>&nbsp;The fact that the rain is falling not from the sky but instead from the inside of the umbrella is&nbsp;<strong>Banksy</strong>‘s&nbsp;way of suggesting to the viewer that very things (or institutions) that were created and designed to protect us can, at times, do quite the opposite – a scathing indictment of&nbsp;<strong>FEMA</strong>&nbsp;and the government’s response to protect and help the people directly affected by&nbsp;<strong>Hurricane Katrina</strong>.</p>

Umbrella Girl

<div>One of the only remaining pieces up from when Banksy came to SF to promote his show</div>

If at first you don't succeed, call an airstrike.

<div>ПТН ПНХ<br><br>November' 22<br><br>#russiaisterroriststate</div>

<div>Significantly damaged but still there. Created in 2011.</div>

<div>In October 2020, Nottingham's first ever Banksy appeared. A young girl using a bicycle tyre as a hula hoop - an actual bicycle was tied to a lamppost in front of the artwork, missing one of its wheel. This is thought to be a link to Nottingham's industrial past - the Raleigh factory used to be not far from the artwork's location. However, just four months after this Banksy art appeared, it was ripped from the wall and sold to a private buyer. This Missing Girl paste-up was a response to this.&nbsp;</div>

Missing Girl

<p>Banksy's first work in Germany, "Bomb Hugger", was painted in 2002 on the occasion of the "Urban Discipline" festival in the Steinwegpassage (near Großneumarkt).</p><p>The history of the work in Hamburg is almost as unusual as the most famous street artist himself. To protect it from damage, a plexiglass panel was installed in front of the Banksy work in 2011. Four years later, unknown individuals sprayed the word "GRAFITTI" over it in blue paint, causing paint to run behind the panel and over the image. To protect it, the entire concrete pillar was then covered with wood and the work was restored in 2017.</p><p>During the restoration, an unknown person sprayed a copy of the Banksy image on a second pillar next to it, and when "Bomb Hugger" was back on public display, the word FAKE was sprayed in large letters under the original. Urban art lives on!</p><p>Source: @kunstflaneur_hamburg (Instagram)</p>

Bomb hugger (real & fake)

Lidl

Louis Masai

James Straffon

<p>Mural composed of several different works of art and several artists, from left to right: </p><p></p><p>1)This mural is part of the "#ProtectPongo" campaign by London artist Louis Masai, which seeks to raise awareness about the devastating effects of palm oil on wild orangutans in 2020.</p><p>2)The image shows a work of street art by Banksy, known as "Slave Labour". Original location:</p><p>The work appeared in May 2012 on the wall of a Poundland store on Whymark Avenue, Wood Green, London.</p><p>Meaning:</p><p>It is believed to be a comment on child labor in clandestine workshops and the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and the London 2012 Olympic Games.</p><p>Controversy and removal:</p><p>The work was removed from the wall in 2013 and appeared at an auction in Miami, which generated indignation and controversy, although it was finally withdrawn from sale.</p><p>Protection:</p><p>Shortly after its appearance, the work was covered with a transparent plastic sheet to protect it from damage and vandalism</p><p>3) Womp Womp: Turns Out This Mural Londoners Thought Was a Banksy Is Actually Just a Tribute by a Local Fan Artist.</p><p>What people thought was a new mural by Banksy in Wood Green North London has turned out to be the work of British artist James Straffon.</p><p>The mural, which went up a few days ago, is an homage, Straffon said, to a Banksy work that was stolen from the same spot nine years ago, and to the felling of a statue of Edward Colston in Bristol during the Black Lives Matter protests there in 2020.</p><p>4)The image shows a graffiti of a rat holding a sign, which appeared on the wall of a Poundland store in Wood Green, London, in February 2013.</p><p>This graffiti of the rat with the sign of "Why?" (Why?) Appeared in the same place where Banksy's famous mural "Slave Labour" was located after the latter was removed.</p><p>"Slave Labour" was a criticism of the work in clandestine workshops for the manufacture of souvenirs of the Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympic Games.</p><p>Although the rat graffiti was initially attributed to Banksy, a representative of the artist stated that it was a forgery.</p><p>Banksy's rat is a recurring motif in his work, symbolizing the marginalized and serving as a voice for the "hated, hunted and persecuted"</p>

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Set of artists

<p>On December 18th, 2018 steelworker Ian Lewis awoke to find a jaw-dropping piece of graffiti on the side of his garage. Press play on the audio file above to listen to Ian describing his first encounter with the Banksy.</p><p>After thousands of people flocked to see the latest Banksy on his garage, it was felt in the best interests of the artwork to sell it to art dealer John Brandler for a "six figure sum" who agreed to set up a gallery featuring this and other Banksy's from his collection in the town.</p><p>As you can see from the scars that still remain on the garage, the entire corner was cut out, lifted by a crane onto a lorry, and carried (with a police escort) into the town centre at 5mph.</p>

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<p>We know Bansky visited Melbourne in 2003, but there is some conjecture amongst street art hunters about whether these parachuting rats are actual Bansky's - but we believe they are.</p>

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