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Everything We Know About the New Banksy Statue That Appeared in London Overnight

VICE·Luis Prada·6 months ago
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Whenever a new Banksy piece shows up in public, there’s always that brief period where everyone’s wondering if it was actually him. Sometimes it’s some other unidentified street artist riding the wave of his particular, some say cringy, perhaps a little too on-the-nose kind of social commentary.

This time around, the mystery didn’t last long, as Banksy’s official Instagram account posted a full video of the installation of his latest piece. This removed all doubt that it was him, which coincided with his identity possibly being revealed .

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Banksy’s New Statue Is About as Subtle as a Brick Through a Window

The new work, a statue, appeared overnight in Waterloo Place in London, at a traffic island surrounded by statues of figures of nationalistic pride and arrogance, like King Edward VII, Florence Nightingale, and Winston Churchill.…

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