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22 DOCUMENTED WORKSACTIVE SINCE 1994IDENTITY: UNKNOWN£16.8M — GAME CHANGER AUCTIONWEST BANK BARRIER: 9 MURALSEXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP — ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEEDISMALAND: 150,000 VISITORSLOVE IS IN THE BIN: £18.6MBETTER OUT THAN IN: 31 NYC WORKSWALLED OFF HOTEL: OPEN SINCE 201722 DOCUMENTED WORKSACTIVE SINCE 1994IDENTITY: UNKNOWN£16.8M — GAME CHANGER AUCTIONWEST BANK BARRIER: 9 MURALSEXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP — ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEEDISMALAND: 150,000 VISITORSLOVE IS IN THE BIN: £18.6MBETTER OUT THAN IN: 31 NYC WORKSWALLED OFF HOTEL: OPEN SINCE 2017
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THE WORKS

22 documented works spanning 1994 to the present. Filter by status, theme, or search by title, location, or keyword.

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Game Changer
preserved
2020UK

Game Changer

Southampton General Hospital

A child plays with a nurse superhero action figure, discarding Batman and Spider-Man in favour of a figure wearing a mask and a cape with a red cross.

healthcarepandemicheroism
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Love is in the Bin
preserved
2018UK

Love is in the Bin

Sotheby's, London

Moments after "Girl with Balloon" sold at auction for £1,042,000, a hidden shredder in the frame activated and destroyed the lower half of the canvas.

art marketcapitalismperformance
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Walled Off Hotel
extant
2017Palestine

Walled Off Hotel

Bethlehem, West Bank

A fully operational hotel built directly against the Israeli West Bank barrier, boasting "the worst view in the world."

conflictpoliticsoccupation
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Mediterranean Sea View
extant
2017UK

Mediterranean Sea View

Folkestone, Kent

Three ornate gold-framed paintings arranged as if in a Victorian gallery, each depicting the Mediterranean Sea with migrant rescue craft and orange lifejackets.

migrationpoliticsEurope
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Dismaland
destroyed
2015UK

Dismaland

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

A large-scale "bemusement park" — a dystopian parody of Disneyland, featuring works by 58 artists across a derelict seaside site.

consumerismcapitalismentertainment
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Better Out Than In – NYC Residency
removed
2013USA

Better Out Than In – NYC Residency

New York City (Multiple Boroughs)

A month-long residency where Banksy produced a new unsanctioned work in New York City every day throughout October 2013.

consumerismart marketurban
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Slave Labour (Bunting Boy)
removed
2012UK

Slave Labour (Bunting Boy)

Wood Green, North London

A child labourer, hunched and exhausted, sewing Union Jack bunting flags on an industrial sewing machine.

labourcapitalismcolonialism
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You're an Acceptable Level of Threat
extant
2012UK

You're an Acceptable Level of Threat

Various (print release)

A released print collection featuring a surveillance camera operator watching a girl skip rope, among other iconic stencil images.

surveillancepoliticsinnocence
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Shop Until You Drop
removed
2011UK

Shop Until You Drop

Mayfair, London

A figure of a woman falling from a Tesco trolley from the top of a building, not content, not a princess.

consumerismcapitalismclass
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Balloon Girl (Haight-Ashbury)
unknown
2010USA

Balloon Girl (Haight-Ashbury)

Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco

A version of the Girl with Balloon motif installed on the walls of San Francisco's counterculture heartland.

innocencehopecounterculture
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Choose Your Weapon
extant
2010UK

Choose Your Weapon

Various (print)

A hooded figure walks a dog on a lead — the dog is a dancing poodle; the figure adopts the posture of a threatening street youth.

classmediastereotype
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CCTV Angel
removed
2008UK

CCTV Angel

Shoreditch, London

An angel figure kneels in devotion before a CCTV surveillance camera mounted on a wall.

surveillancetechnologyreligion
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Sweep it Under the Carpet
removed
2006UK

Sweep it Under the Carpet

Chalk Farm, London

A maid lifts what appears to be a section of the wall and sweeps dirt underneath, as if hiding it.

deceptionclassurban life
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Trolley Hunters
extant
2006UK

Trolley Hunters

Bristol

Prehistoric cave-painting-style figures hunt a line of supermarket trolleys instead of animals.

consumerismhistorycapitalism
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Santa's Ghetto (Bethlehem)
extant
2005Palestine

Santa's Ghetto (Bethlehem)

Bethlehem, West Bank

Multiple works produced on the Israeli West Bank barrier, including a trompe-l'oeil window, a dove in a flak jacket, and children playing in snow.

conflictPalestinefreedom
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Kissing Coppers
preserved
2004UK

Kissing Coppers

Brighton, East Sussex

Two uniformed police officers share a passionate kiss, depicted in Banksy's characteristic stencil style.

LGBTQ+authoritylove
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Napalm (Can't Beat That Feeling)
extant
2004UK

Napalm (Can't Beat That Feeling)

Various locations

The iconic Vietnam War "Napalm Girl" photograph reimagined with Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse flanking the screaming child.

warconsumerismcapitalism
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Rat with Sign
extant
2004UK

Rat with Sign

Various (London, Paris)

A rat holding a placard with various political or absurdist slogans depending on the location.

urbanresistancepolitics
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Flower Thrower (Love is in the Air)
extant
2003Palestine

Flower Thrower (Love is in the Air)

Beit Hanina, Jerusalem (Palestinian territories)

A protester in a throwing stance hurls a bouquet of flowers instead of a weapon.

peaceconflictresistance
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Rage, The Flower Thrower
extant
2003Palestine

Rage, The Flower Thrower

Jerusalem

A masked protester throws a bouquet of flowers in place of a weapon.

peaceconflictresistance
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Girl with Balloon
removed
2002UK

Girl with Balloon

South Bank, London

A young girl reaches toward a red heart-shaped balloon floating away. Originally appeared on the Waterloo Bridge area of the South Bank.

innocencehopeloss
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The Mild Mild West
extant
1999UK

The Mild Mild West

Stokes Croft, Bristol

A large teddy bear prepares to throw a petrol bomb at three advancing riot police officers.

resistanceinnocenceurban