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Banksy

August 2024

  • Black spraypainted elephant heads face each other from two white-painted blocked-out windows, with their trunks reaching out towards each other

    Banksy reveals second animal artwork within 24 hours in London

  • People stand in front of the wall painted with Banksy's mountain goat artwork

    Banksy confirms new goat mural in south-west London is his creation

July 2024

  • Noel Gallagher at 2024’s Glastonbury festival.

    Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians

    Former Oasis guitarist describes festival, which has long championed political causes, as ‘kind of preachy and a bit virtue-signalling’
  • The MV Louise Michel at sea, sprayed pink across its prow and stern with ‘RESCUE’ written in pink on its white central side

    Banksy-funded migrant rescue boat detained in Italy after saving 37 people

    Artist calls impounding of MV Louise Michel ‘vile and unacceptable’ after rescue of 17 unaccompanied children
  • An inflatable boat is passed over the audience's heads.

    Home secretary says Banksy’s Glastonbury migrant boat ‘celebrated loss of life’

    Artwork holding dummies of migrants interpreted by some as commentary on continuing loss of life in Channel

June 2024

  • The Banksy-created boat at Idles’ Other stage set.

    Banksy launches inflatable migrant boat artwork during Idles’ Glastonbury set

    Band say they were unaware of stunt by artist until after their set headlining the Other stage

May 2024

  • Female artist standing next to her painting

    Artists battle to save Bristol studios in Banksy neighbourhood

    Creatives at Jamaica Street Studios fear building will be snapped up by a developer if they don’t raise funds in time

April 2024

  • Headshot of art dealer turned author Orlando Whitfield, one tattooed hand half covering his face

    ‘The money is not real – it’s a feckless level of wealth’: the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history

    Orlando Whitfield was a student when he became best friends with Inigo Philbrick, ‘the art world’s Bernie Madoff’. He talks about how their decade of hustling would lead one to a breakdown – and the other to jail
  • Black and white street art of four old people dressed in sports gear, with beatbox, by British artist Banksy

    ‘We need to find whoever’s in charge and bang him some cash’: the day Inigo Philbrick and I tried to bag a Banksy

    An exclusive extract from Orlando Whitfield’s explosive book about the $80m art fraudster
  • Literally embracing nature … Surrounded Islands in Miami by Jeanne-Claude and Christo.

    The great women's art bulletin
    From Banksy’s green leaves to Miami’s pink islands, public art’s a party – and everyone’s invited!

    Yoko Ono hung wishes from trees. Jeanne-Claude and Christo coated entire coastlines. But their work had one thing in common: it made us think about what we should cherish – and what we are losing

March 2024

  • The Banksy mural after it was covered with clear plastic.

    Banksy mural in north London gets plastic cover after vandalism

  • The mystery plaque for an adulterous husband that appeared on a bench in Royal York Crescent, Clifton, Bristol.

    ‘I think it’s a Banksy’: mystery plaque for adulterer ignites speculation in artist’s home city

  • The damage to the Banksy mural

    New Banksy tree mural in north London defaced with white paint

  • Gio Iozzi

    The crowds flocking to Banksy’s latest work are missing the point: the damaged tree at its heart

    Gio Iozzi

  • Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ella Baron on Banksy, Rishi Sunak and restrictions on climate protest – cartoon

  • Banksy confirms north London tree mural is his work

  • Legal row could finally force mystery artist Banksy to reveal his real name

  • Spanish police say they have smashed Banksy fakes syndicate

  • Pass notes
    ‘Is that a real Banksy?’ Art market struggles with an £18.6m question

December 2023

  • Tony Allen

    Banksy pays tribute to late comedian who trained Dismaland staff

    Artist says Tony Allen’s surly stewards ended up as the most talked about part of his 2015 ‘bemusement park’
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