Banksy Christmas Press Fest

Two Banksy stories have appeared this weekend in a press suffering from either a severe news shortage or a chronic space surplus.  Although writing about street art is ideally never encumbered by this author’s first person singular perspective, both today’s Banksy stories have a minor and trivial personal resonance. Jamie Oliver the former boy wonder Read More


Banksy Brick Lane Monkeys Stencils Culled

In a strange and un-expected move Transport for London Overground 2 nights ago removed the Banksy three monkeys art piece from the bridge over Brick Lane where they were stencilled in August of this year. The three monkeys were among the menagerie of creatures that escaped from London Zoo in Regents Park and had proved Read More


Banksy Street Art Zoo Breakout

London has been been blessed with new Banksy street art creation every day for the past 9 days.   Call it the urban jungle, the Banksy zoo, the London Banksy safari, whatever you like, Banksy has treated London to a version of his notorious October 2013 Better Out Than In 30 day New York residency.  Fans Read More


Banksy stencil in Birmingham of reindeers pulling a bench a homeless man slept on

Birmingham Street Art – not just Banksy

“It’s A Brum Ting” has been the signature tune of the past fortnight as Birmingham hosted the Commonwealth Games.  So what is it about Birmingham, why is it so great?  Armed with a cheap cheap day return rail ticket I set out several weeks back to discover if Birmingham Street Art is what Goldie, Trevor Read More


Banksy Antonelli and Marziani Book Review

Banksy, the best known living artist, is an enigma with a perverse attitude to celebrity status and personal information.  In an age where non-entities share every plate of food, change of eyeshadow and ill-advised swimwear hot, this is this is a major anomaly. Anonymity and secrecy fuels curiosity so there have been many books about Read More


Banksy Spraycation Street Art Locations Guide

The Great Banksy Spraycation resulted in what we now know were originally 10 new street art pieces in East Anglia. Early last week I headed off in a fever of excitement to explore the locations, the resulting photos and insights can be seen HERE. A couple of the artworks proved rather tricky to find, one Read More