“Banksy will never retire. I’ve told him countless times to do so. He needs to enjoy his life.” The comment comes from Steve Lazarides, who knows Banksy better than most. A fellow ...

Girl With Balloon, 2004. Courtesy of Pest Control Office, Banksy, London. One of Banksy's well-known pieces is called Sweep it Under the Carpet and was made in 2006 on a wall in London.

“It’s a rest home of the over privileged, the pretentious, and the weak.” Although details of the artist’s life are largely unknown, it is thought that Banksy was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, c.