Questions and Answers about
Banksy
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in ArtsHow does the mysterious Banksy typically confirm his latest masterpieces?
Answer: Banksy, the enigmatic street artist whose identity is as hidden as the meaning behind his art, typically confirms his works in a very 21st-century way: Instagram. On March 18, 2024, following a weekend of speculation and the appearance of a mural in North London’s Finsbury Park, Banksy took to Instagram to post before-and-after photos…
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in ArtsWhat part of Banksy’s 2023 Valentine’s Day piece was removed by the council in Margate?
Answer: Banksy’s 2023 Valentine’s Day piece in Margate features a 1950s homemaker with a swollen eye and missing tooth, apparently squeezing a man in a freezer. The artist confirmed it as his own via a post on Instagram on Feb. 14, 2023. Margate council, however. deemed the broken freezer a safety hazard and took it…
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in CultureWhat’s Banksy’s famous half shredded painting?
“Love is in the Bin” is the shredded 2018 copy of Banksy’s 2006 painting of what was then known as “Girl with Balloon.” Get the facts!
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in CultureWhat is Banksy’s “A Great British Spraycation”?
Ten new works by Banksy appeared in the coastal towns of Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern England over the week ending Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. The artist’s website has depicted images of the works under the title “A Great British Spraycation,” a play on the word staycation.
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in CultureBanksy’s Laugh Now features which animal?
Banksy’s Laugh Now is one of his earliest artworks, first created in 2002, depicting a monkey wearing a sandwich board with the text, “Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge.”
