Banksy

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What surprise DNC speaker did Trump once say was his VP pick? Find out in the quiz

5:00am August 23, 2024

This week was the Democratic National Convention, which went full-on Met Gala and/or Olympics. If you watched that (and the Republican counterprogramming), you'll get at least five questions right.

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Opinion: Banksy's London Zoo, art's simple joy during complex times

8:00am August 17, 2024

NPR's Scott Simon details some of the new works of the street artist known as Banksy. They include mountain goats, gorillas, and other zoo animals on the streets of London.

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Banksy's back with surprise daily street art of animals across London

3:24pm August 16, 2024

Banksy has been unveiling stencils and installations depicting animals at different spots around the city every day for more than a week, leaving fans and art critics guessing as to their meaning.

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The Banksy Museum in New York City features replicas of 160 original Banksys.

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A new Banksy Museum has opened in NYC … minus Banksy

5:07am May 28, 2024

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The new museum is not authorized by the artist — who has explicitly denounced any use of his art for profit.

From left: adorbs, ugly-cute, just darling

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This week's quiz has happiness and happy dogs. You're welcome

11:37am March 22, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

Last year's most popular dog is still top, and the happiest nation is still the most contented. March is still madness and shutdowns still loom.

On Wednesday, people looked at a Banksy mural in London which has been defaced with white paint. The artwork first appeared overnight on Sunday and was confirmed to be Banksy's work on Monday.

New Banksy tree mural in London has been defaced

4:03pm March 18, 2024

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Banksy's artwork, which was unveiled Monday, provides a burst of green foliage to a denuded, severely pruned tree in Islington North. By Wednesday, the mural was partly covered in white paint.

People fill up containers with drinking water at a fountain outside of the Church of the Archangel Saint Michael after morning service in Borodianka on Sunday.

Life in a Ukrainian town: rampaging Russians, power cuts, a visit by Banksy

5:00am December 10, 2022

by Greg Myre

Borodianka was largely reduced to rubble by the Russian invasion. It's become a symbol of the devastation inflicted by the Russian forces, and attracted a recent visit by the artist Banksy.

Banksy's "Love is in the Bin" (2018) is installed at Sotheby's on September 03, 2021 in London, England.

A half-shredded Banksy piece is auctioned for $25.4 million, a record for the artist

5:06pm October 14, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

"Love is in the Bin" made history when it was created during a 2018 auction. The crowd back then was shocked when a shredder activated as soon as the sale was complete, partly shredding the piece.

Banksy's "Love is in the Bin" is installed at Sotheby's on September 03, 2021 in London, England.

Arts

A Banksy Piece Was Shredded At Auction In 2018. Now, It May Sell For Millions More

6:19pm September 07, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

After selling for $1.4 million three years ago, the half-destroyed piece is going back up for sale with big expectations.

One of Banksy's "Girl With Balloon" paintings is on display at an exhibition opening of works by the England-based street artist, at St. Petersburg's Manege Central Exhibition Hall in September.

Arts

'We Just Got Banksy-ed': 'Girl With Balloon' Sells For $1.4M Before Self-Destructing

10:30pm October 06, 2018

by Emma Bowman

Shortly after the auctioneer's hammer fell, the mysterious street artist's well-known painting passed through a shredder, shocking spectators and bidders at a Sotheby's auction house in London.