Banksy Sent To Detroit Jail

Banksy Sent To Detroit Jail

An iconic work by street artist Banksy has found a new home in a former Detroit jail – now the gallery known as 555 Gallery. The artwork was originally created on the wall of an old car factory, and was salvaged when the building was demolished. It depicts a...
Exhibition For The Artist That Banksy Ripped Off

Exhibition For The Artist That Banksy Ripped Off

French street artist Blek Le Rat is arguably the inventor of stencilled graffiti as we know it, inspiring a plethora of street artists, including the biggest fish of all – Banksy. Now Blek Le Rat – A.K.A. Xavier Prou – is to have his own exhibition...

IKEA Flout Banksy Principles With Copycat Adverts

IKEA – the world’s largest furniture retailer – appropriate the ‘cool’ of street art in new advertising campaignThe new campaign has been made to coincide with Milan Design Week, and it has seen furniture giants IKEA pasting stencilled...

Russian Banksy Sparks Bomb Scare

Bomb squad sent in to investigate new artwork by Russian BanksyLast night in Moscow, a bomb squad was called out to ascertain the threat surrounding a ‘suspicious object’. In the event, it turned out not to be a bomb, but two-metre wide rendition of an...
Banksy Monkey Masterpiece Original Resurfaces

Banksy Monkey Masterpiece Original Resurfaces

Original poster of Banksy’s ominous monkey image unveiled, destined for public saleEverybody knows Banksy’s image of a monkey wearing a sandwich board with the ominous words: ‘Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge’. It has become a...