The graffiti lasted only a couple of days before it was painted over by store staff. The artwork appeared on the side of a house in Cheltenham near the Government Communications Headquarters, the UK equivalent of the National Security Agency. "The discovery of the new artwork came after another piece, believed to be a Banksy, was found in the provincial English spa town of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire.Clad in brown trench coats, dark glasses and trilby hats, what appear to be three secret agents huddle around a payphone box with listening equipment.The image -- apparently a comment on the issue of government surveillance -- appeared early Sunday, local media said, on a house wall.The location may be a reference to the town's role as host to Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, known as GCHQ -- the UK equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency.Banksy's last high-profile project was a month-long street art "residency" in New York City.Each day of October, Banksy unveiled new works of art around New York. Banksy made Mobile Lovers in 2014. Once altered by Banksy, who inserted an image of a Nazi officer sitting on a bench, it was re-donated to the store in October 2013, according to theBanksy's art exhibit "Grim Reaper Bumper Car" sits on New York's Lower East Side in October 2013. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. The mural was painted on a door of a house destroyed last summer during the fighting between Israel and Hamas. This broken telephone box appeared overnight in a Soho street complete with an axe and pool of blood. All rights reserved. "A woman poses with Banksy's painting of a heart-shaped balloon covered in bandages. This image by Banksy, titled Mobile Lovers (2014) it shows two people, one man and one woman. Like other Banksy pieces, he used multiple spray-painted stencils to achieve the subtle details and glow of mobile devices.
The quote is from the movie "Gladiator." Here's a look at some other notable Banksy works.On January 25, a new mural by street artist Banksy appeared on the French Embassy in London, criticising the French authorities' reported use of teargas in a refugee camp in Calais, France. A riff on the iconic Les Misérables poster, it shows a young girl enveloped by CS gas, crying.A mural of a weeping woman, painted by the British street artist Banksy, is seen in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on Wednesday, April 1. Check out the exclusive rewards, As our patron, you’ll become a member and join us in our effort to support the arts.Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening. Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of Like This Article?
Members of the Broad Plain Boys youth center used a crowbar to remove it just hours after it was discovered, local media pictures showed.In its place, the youth center posted a note saying it was held at the club "to prevent vandalism or damage being done. Banksy, the most recognized street artist of this era, had been quiet since his whirlwind tour of New York City last fall.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested that Banksy was breaking the law with his guerrilla art exhibits, but the New York Police Department denied it was actively searching for him.Banksy art is seen on the Upper West Side of New York in October 2013.Banksy work in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, was vandalized in broad daylight in October 2013.One of Banksy's pieces is this fiberglass sculpture of Ronald McDonald having his shoes shined in front of a Bronx McDonald's.Graffiti depicting the Twin Towers popped up in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York in October 2013.Banksy's "Concrete Confessional" is seen on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.A Banksy mural is seen on a wall in Queens. Banksy artwork appeared all over New York that month.Banksy also offered up a T-shirt design on his website for fans to download and print on their own.A leopard placed on the wall of New York's Yankee Stadium was revealed in October 2013. At work you can see in a couple that it seems that they pay little attention to each other, but especially to their telephone. The piece was sold for $248,776. Comment on telephone generation.