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In September,

Banksy stenciled this piece on the wall of the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

Authorities declined to say

whether the artist was penalized for defacing the protected site.

Some street artists wonder

whether Banksy gets special treatment from the UK establishment.

Photograph: Simon Gardner

Reuters

A REUTERS INVESTIGATION

IN SEARCH OF BANKSY

The British street artist’s identity has been debated,

and closely guarded, for decades.

A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village

to London and downtown Manhattan

— and uncovered much more than a name.

BY SIMON GARDNER, JAMES PEARSON AND BLAKE MORRISON

Reuters

Filed March 13, 2026, 10 a.m. GMT

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
global-art-banksy

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/07/
almost-900-people-arrested-at-palestine-action-protest-say-met-police

The Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building was quickly removed,

but a silhoeutte of the original image remains.

Even as a shadow of the original,

the piece has become a tourist attraction.

Photograph: Jack Taylor

Reuters

A REUTERS INVESTIGATION

IN SEARCH OF BANKSY

The British street artist’s identity has been debated,

and closely guarded, for decades.

A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village

to London and downtown Manhattan

— and uncovered much more than a name.

BY SIMON GARDNER, JAMES PEARSON AND BLAKE MORRISON

Reuters

Filed March 13, 2026, 10 a.m. GMT

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
global-art-banksy

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/07/
almost-900-people-arrested-at-palestine-action-protest-say-met-police

A painting by British street artist Banksy

amidst destroyed buildings in Borodianka on Saturday.

The image shows a young boy tossing a man to the floor.

Both are in martial arts attire.

The man is widely assumed

to be Russian leader Vladimir Putin,

a judo enthusiast.

Life in a Ukrainian town:

rampaging Russians, power cuts, a visit by Banksy

NPR

December 10, 2022 5:00 AM ET

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/
1141536117/russia-war-ukraine-town-borodianka-banksy-power-cuts

L’Aquila, Italy

Carabinieri pose next to an artwork attributed to Banksy,

which was stolen from outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris,

where a terrorist attack killed 90 people in 2015

Photograph: Filippo Monteforte

AFP/Getty Images

Graduation fireworks and a recovered Banksy:

Thursday's best photos

Thu 11 Jun 2020 12.19 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2020/jun/11/
graduation-fireworks-and-a-recovered-banksy-thursdays-best-photos

A mural painted by the artist Banksy,

near the Barbican Center in London.

The art work appeared to herald

the start of a major exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work,

opening on Thursday at the Barbican.

Photograph: Peter Nicholls

Reuters

Banksy Strikes Again, With Nod to Basquiat

NYT

Sept. 18, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/
arts/design/banksy-jean-michel-basquiat-barbican-center.html

Banksy

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/
banksy

https://www.npr.org/tags/172702527/
banksy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Banksy

2026

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
global-art-banksy/

2025

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/22/
london-new-banksy-christmas

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/14/
man-who-stole-banksy-print-to-pay-off-drug-debt-
given-sentence

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/22/
british-art-dealer-in-row-
over-return-of-banksy-artworks-from-italy

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/08/
court-staff-cover-up-banksy-image-of-judge-beating-a-protester

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029rll - 7 April 2025

2024

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/
huge-network-forging-banksy-warhol-and-picasso-uncovered-in-italy

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/17/
nx-s1-5075047/opinion-banksys-london-zoo-arts-
simple-joy-during-complex-times

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/16/
nx-s1-5077660/banksy-london-animals-uk-street-art

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/aug/14/
banksy-artworks-ranked-street-artist

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/aug/10/
banksy-week-of-london-artworks-in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/aug/10/
meaning-new-banksy-series-revealed-latest-london-artwork

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/aug/08/
new-banksy-artwork-stolen-peckham-london

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/mar/20/
banksy-mural-finsbury-park-north-london-defaced-white-paint

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2024/mar/18/
star-wars-coins-new-banksy-mural-photos-of-the-day-monday

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/mar/09/
legal-row-banksy-reveal-real-name-art-images-authenticity

2023

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/29/
banksy-pays-tribute-
to-late-comedian-tony-allen-who-trained-dismaland-staff

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/15/
new-banksy-mural-on-derelict-farmhouse-in-kent-is-demolished

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/16/
freezer-removed-from-banksy-domestic-violence-artwork-
for-second-time

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/14/
banksy-new-artwork-margate-kent-violence-against-women

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/10/
banksy-online-auction-for-ukraine-
targeted-by-russian-hostile-attacks

2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/
1141536117/russia-war-ukraine-town-borodianka-banksy-power-cuts

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/02/
people-try-to-steal-banksy-mural-in-ukraine

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/12/
1136274009/banksy-ukraine-gymnast

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/05/
1115862819/a-banksy-painting-that-was-sprayed-in-the-west-bank-
resurfaces-in-tel-aviv

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/23/
eight-convicted-over-theft-of-banksy-artwork-from-paris-attack-site

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/08/
thieves-stole-banksy-bataclan-door-mural-with-crowbar-french-court-told

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2022/may/27/
star-wars-fireworks-and-a-banksy-fridays-best-photos

2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/
1034962331/banksy-shredder-girl-with-balloon-love-is-in-the-bin-auction-sothebys

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/09/
nfts-flying-cats-burning-banksy-digital-art-crypto-art-bitcoin-rocketing

2020

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/29/
a-rollercoaster-year-for-banksy-as-sales-soar-and-activism-increases

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2020/dec/11/
rescued-puppies-and-a-sneezing-banksy-fridays-best-photos

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/22/
banksys-show-me-the-monet-painting-sells-for-75m-at-auction

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/17/
banksy-confirms-hula-hoop-girl-mural-in-nottingham-is-his

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/17/
banksy-trademark-risk-street-artist-loses-legal-battle-flower-thrower-graffiti

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/06/
banksy-black-lives-matter-latest-artwork

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2020/jun/11/
graduation-fireworks-and-a-recovered-banksy-thursdays-best-photos

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/06/
banksy-artwork-superhero-nurse-nhs-coronavirus-covid-19-
southampton-general-hospital

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/
arts/design/banksy-legacy.html

2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/28/
689349603/mural-attributed-to-banksy-stolen-
from-paris-bataclan-concert-hall

2018

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/07/
655345602/banksy-art-shreds-itself

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/06/
655252676/we-just-got-banksy-ed-girl-with-balloon-sells-for-1-4m-
before-self-destructing

2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/
arts/design/banksy-jean-michel-basquiat-barbican-center.html

2015

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/20/
banksy-dismaland-amusements-anarchism-weston-super-mare

2013

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/22/
172697701/after-uproar-over-removed-mural-in-london-
a-new-banksy-like-work-appears

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