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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

 

 

Related

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

 

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

 

 

Related

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

 

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

G

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.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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