Banksy

"Aggressive. Defiant. Surprising... and invariably witty," says the BBC commentator in the video above about Pavel 183, the mysterious Russian artist who is now being called "Russia's Banksy." Pavel 183 took the BBC on a tour of his illegal ...  

The Awl has an interview with a street artist named Hanksy, who takes images from Banksy and incorporates Tom Hanks into the mix. WIIIILLLSONNNN!! I've come across comments or stories written about Hanksy saying I'm directly ripping off Banksy's style. Like, "Where does this guy get off, stealing Banksy's work?" They are completely missing the point. It's a satire. My goal was never to make a profit. It came about and there was a genuine...  

Banksy’s Coming For Dinner is a 2009 film in which Banksy attends a celebrity dinner hosted by Joan Collins (of Dynasty fame). The film was in fact an elaborate hoax conceived of and directed by Ivan Massow. Experience the clash of celebrity, as Hollywood royalty Joan Collins and husband Percy meet Banksy, the most famous [...]  

Australians make bad art thieves, if an advertising stunt by The Art Series Hotels in Melbourne is any guide. As reported by In the Frame last month, the boutique hotel chain encouraged visitors to steal a work by Banksy from its walls. If anyone...  

"A Russian street artist who created a giant pair of spectacles from a streetlamp has been dubbed 'the Russian Banksy'. The mysterious figure, known only as P183, ... reveals little about himself except that his name is Pavel, he is 28 and that he studied 'communicative design'."...  

"He copied," says le Rat, standing in the middle of his "60/30" exhibit. "I'm not really happy — it took me a long time to find my own style — and then someone took my style, and he's more famous than me." Without le Rat there would be no ...  

BANKSY’S Coming for Dinner is a film starring Joan Collins, Stephen K Amos and Tamara Beckwith. The idea is that Bansky, the artist, is coming for dinner at Joan’s country estate. The film purports to be the work of an Ivan Massow. If it is, he is ...  

LONDON.-Several works by the renowned graffiti artist Banksy were sold yesterday evening (21 September 2011) in a packed saleroom at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Urban Art sale. Leading the way was a work featuring one of Banksy’s most iconic ...  

A CONTROVERSIAL statue ‘mutilated’ by graffiti artist Banksy was unveiled at the Walker Art Gallery. The 18th century replica stone bust - entitled Cardinal Sin - has had its face sawn off and replaced with bathroom tiles. The tiles have been put in ...  

A statue by urban artist Banksy that appears to be making a statement about abuse in the Catholic church has been unveiled at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. The 18th century replica stone bust – Cardinal Sin – has had its face sawn off ...  

Two new stencil and spray paint murals by celebrated graffiti artist Banksy have appeared in London. One piece, on an abandoned building in upmarket Mayfair, shows shows a woman and her shopping trolley plummeting from a great height. The second ...  

"The pleasure you get from a Banksy comes from the whole process: the chancing upon on an artwork in the unlikeliest of places, the speculation over how it got there, the uncertainty over whether it's his or not, the subsequent authentication, and then the knowledge that it might have been rubbed out by the time you return."...  

The sculpture was unveiled at the Walker Art Gallery, where it is sitting alongside 17th Century religious art. The bathroom tiles have been put in place of the priest's face to create a pixelated effect. "I love everything about the Walker Gallery - the ...  

It was only recently that I discovered Bansky, but one look at his works of red and black was enough to get me. I am sure that hardcore Banksy fans will have more to say about the artist and his work, and especially about his recent presence in London. We still know nil about Banksy, but his art speaks for itself. Here are some of the most recent art that have cropped up. So you are yearning for a certain lifestyle? Sucks to be you. Banksy...  

Cardinal Sin is a bust with its visage sawn off and replaced by vacant tiles, intended as a rejoinder to the child abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. The restroom tiles have been lay in rest of the priest's face to make a pixilated end product. ...