In the early 2000s, he moved to London and continued to attract attention with his satirical street art. By the mid 2000s, Banksy was becoming a celebrity himself - albeit an anonymous one.
In the previously lost recording, which aired as part of Radio 4's The Banksy Story, journalist Nigel Wrench asked the artist if his real name is Robert Banks. "It's Robbie," replies Banksy.
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 shows a ...
The look of The Haribo Proposal resembles the style of the highly mysterious street artist and political activist known as ...
A very bright orange fox has been painted onto the bottom of Caversham Bridge, on the corner by the Thames footpath.
Stefano Antonelli, the founder of the Banksy Study Centre and Archive Foundation, says that most of the Banksy works ...
Italian authorities have cracked a network of art forgers who made and sold fake works by Warhol, Banksy, Picasso and others.
Italy’s art police are investigating 38 people being and have seized more than 2,000 works of art since beginning the ...
Italian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network that makes and sells fake artworks attributed to ...