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live auction at Christie’s in Midtown Manhattan on Feb 21.Dubbed “The Collection of Sir Elton John: Goodbye Peachtree Road,” the priceless collection of musical history includes everything from a custom Bentley to a pinball machine belonging to the British singer, pianist and composer.Some of the highlights in the lot, which is on public display at the auction house located on Rockefeller Plaza, include his one-of-a-kind accessories like silver leather boots, which are estimated to sell for up to $10,000 dollars, and a pair of Sir Winston sunglasses, which could garner up to $3,000. His Yamaha grand piano is expected to fetch up to $50 million.

Banksy painted his latest mural has said he won’t increase the rent, but could be tempted to sell the property.The new artwork, painted behind a cut-back mature tree to look like foliage, appeared on the side of a residential building on Hornsey Road in Finsbury Park, London last Sunday (March 17).Banksy later confirmed that he was responsible for the piece in a post on his official Instagram page.Writing on X/Twitter, Islington councillor Flora Williamson wrote: “By far the most exciting thing to happen on today’s canvass session on Hornsey Road was seeing that Banksy had come to Tollington over night. Lots of local interest – I’m a fan of it.”MP for Islington North and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also praised the artwork, writing: “What wonderful artwork, proving there is hope for our natural world everywhere.”However, there have been some concerns from residents in the block of flats that their rent could be hiked after Banksy confirmed he was behind the mural.

Banksy has surfaced on the side of a building in London.The artwork painted behind a cut-back mature tree to look like foliage, with a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose next to it which you can view below, appeared on Finsbury Park’s Hornsey Road yesterday (March 17).The elusive artist is yet to confirm the artwork is his but James Peak, who created the BBC Radio 4 series The Banksy Story, believes it is his work.He told BBC News: “To my mind it looks like a dead cert.

Banksy has unveiled a new anti-war artwork in London which only stayed up for an hour before it was supposedly stolen.The new piece was found in Peckham, south London, and featured a “stop” traffic sign emblazoned with 3D war planes, which is believed to relate to the current conflict in Israel and Palestine.Less than one hour after its arrival, PA captured images of two anonymous men removing the artwork. One stood on a Lime Bike to get to the sign, while the other held it in place.Earlier, Banksy had shared a photo of the artwork to his Instagram to officially confirm he was behind its creation.

Banksy has seemingly revealed his real name in a newly unearthed interview from 2003.The interview – which was recorded radio twenty years ago but was never released – is finally being shared for the first time as part of a special episode being broadcast for BBC Radio 4’s The Banksy Story.The famous Bristol-based artist – who has for decades remained anonymous – spoke to former BBC arts correspondent Nigel Wrench while the artist’s 2003 Turf War exhibition was being installed for Radio 4’s programme.Speaking to Wrench, Banksy – who first had his name printed in a report from The Independent – confirmed his name for the first time, as revealed via a press released shared by the BBC.Wrench asked if he could use Banksy’s real name in the interview, citing that The Independent had already used it, asking the artist to confirm if his name was Robert Banks. “It’s Robbie,” Banksy clarified.Elsewhere in the interview, Banksy – or Banks – spoke about whether graffiti is vandalism: “If it’s done properly it is illegal! But I got a good reaction I think off most people from my work.

Banksy has announced his first solo exhibition in 14 years titled CUT & RUN: 25 years card labour. The exhibition will open at the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art on Sunday, June 18. It will showcase works from across Banksy’s career, stretching from 1998 to 2023.

Banksy has bought a historic pub in Glastonbury, according to reports.The famous Bristol-based artist is rumoured to have ventured south and purchased the historical The Crown pub – located in a quiet village next to the Glastonbury Festival site.Based in Pilton, it was originally built in the 1600s and is expected to have cost the artist £1million. It has remained closed for many years, although re-opened briefly in 2021 and opened again fully in November 2022 following the Coronavirus pandemic.According to reports, The Crown underwent an extensive renovation project prior to opening, and is said to now feature decor that includes work by Banksy and his friend Dorcas Casey, who featured in his Dismaland Exhibition in 2015.

Banksy‘s new Valentine’s Day artwork has found a permanent home in Margate.Last week (February 14), the elusive artist unveiled a new art piece in the Kent town that seemingly highlights domestic violence against women.Located at Grosvenor Place and titled ‘Valentine’s Day Mascara’, the graffiti depicts a 1950s-era housewife who has a bruised eye and is missing a tooth.The legs of the woman’s husband are seen emerging from a real-life freezer that is in front of the artwork, while various items have been placed next to the wall including a broken white garden chair, an empty beer bottle and a blue crate.Since its installation, the freezer was removed from the mural twice, first on Tuesday by the local council “on the grounds of safety” and then again last Thursday (December 16) by the London-based Red Eight Gallery.Now, it has been decided to permanently re-house the mural at the town’s Dreamland amusement park.Dreamland said in a statement: “We’re thrilled to have been asked to host Margate’s Banksy, enabling the artwork to remain in the town and accessible to all those who want to come and enjoy it for the foreseeable future.“When everything has been finalised we’ll let you all know.”We're thrilled to have been asked to host Margate's Banksy, enabling the artwork to remain in the town and accessible to all those who want to come and enjoy it for the foreseeable future. When everything has been finalised we'll let you all know.

Banksy artwork in order “to pay my tax” bill.Speaking in an interview with The Times, the DJ born Tony Marnoch was asked about “the most important lesson you have learnt about money”.Fat Tony, who has been clean from drugs for 15 years, replied: “When I got clean, I wanted to go legit. It was daunting.

elusive British graffiti artist. “I just can’t stop shaking at the chance that this may be real,” Alexander exclaimed at the beginning of her 3-minute TikTok video, which has now been viewed more than 6.6 million times.

secretive street artist confirmed that the mural in the Suffolk, England, town of Lowestoft was his own creation, workmen went to work removing the piece from the former electrical shop.On Sunday, workmen were seen excavating the painted portion of the wall on London Road North. The East Suffolk Council spoke with the landlord and confirmed that the artwork was being intentionally and consensually removed by the property owner, the group said in a statement.

Christopher Walken, star of the new streaming series “The Outlaws,” did what many art fans consider sacrilegious act of vandalism: He painted over an original Banksy!A spokesperson for the BBC iPlayer series confirmed the 78-year-old film icon’s act of destruction in a statement.

shocked spectators in 2018 when it immediately self-shredded upon sale, is on the auction block once again — effectively half the painting it was just before the gavel hit three years ago.Nevertheless, the artwork — now called “Love Is in the Bin” — is expected to fetch $8.3 million, six times its previous price.At that Sotheby’s sale, the buyer purchased a fully intact, framed artwork by the notoriously covert street artist, of a girl illustrated in black and white reaching out for a red

Banksy artwork was unveiled there last week.The mural, which emerged last Monday (March 1), shows a prisoner – resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde – escaping from the prison using a rope fashioned from bedsheets tied to a typewriter.

Banksy has shared a video featuring American artist Bob Ross confirming that the Reading prison artwork that mysteriously appeared earlier this week is his.The picture, which emerged on Monday morning (March 1), shows a prisoner – resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde – escaping from the prison using a rope fashioned from bedsheets tied to a typewriter.Now, Banksy has uploaded a comical video to his Instagram account, which you can view below, in which he confirms the artwork is his and named it

NOLA.com.He was able to mostly remove the red tag from piece. “I said, ‘What is that red?’” Julie Posner told the local news outlet of the moment she noticed the tag while leaving the building the other mural is on this Saturday.

Banksy has revealed a new mural in Bristol, featuring a woman sneezing out her false teeth.The artwork, entitled “Aachoo!!”, was first spotted on the side of a semi-detached house in Totterdown, this morning (December 10).Resident Dale Comley, told the BBC he saw what he thought “was a really keen scaffolder” at around 7am GMT.“I saw a man in a high vis jacket leaning against the railings opposite – he was looking at the wall the whole time,” he said.

Stormzy during his Glastonbury performance is up for a major design award.The Banksy-designed vest has been nominated for the Beazley Designs of the Year prize and the winner will be announced by London’s Design Museum next month.

The Banksy artwork Oh My God could fetch up to £1 million (€1.1 million) during a sale this week.

The Banksy artwork Oh My God could fetch up to £1 million (€1.1 million) during a sale this week.

Banksy have claimed several EU officials ignored their calls for help after they came close to a “state of emergency”.The street artist financed the Louise Michel boat, named after a 19th-century French anarchist and teacher, to help refugees attempting to reach Europe from North Africa.The former French navy boat became stranded in the Mediterranean Sea earlier today (August 29) after its deck became overcrowded.

Banksy have sold for more than £2.2m at a London auction, with the proceeds going to a hospital in Bethlehem.The ‘Mediterranean Sea View 2017’ triptych, which addresses the European refugee crisis, went under the hammer yesterday (July 28) at Sotheby’s London branch.

Banksy addressing the refugee crisis is to go up for auction to raise funds for a hospital in Bethlehem.The artist has donated the three paintings, which will be sold by Sotheby’s in London with an estimated price of £800,000-£1.2m.The artwork, titled Mediterranean Sea View, appears to show three different 19th century seascapes upon first look.But a closer inspection shows life buoys and orange life jackets littering the shore, a politically charged statement on the thousands of migrants who

Banksy has donated a triptych of paintings referencing the European migrant crisis to a charity auction raising money for a hospital in Bethlehem.

Banksy on a London Underground train was accidentally removed by a cleaner, it has been confirmed.The secretive street art icon unveiled a video yesterday afternoon which showed him spraying images of rats onto the inside of a Circle line carriage.The work was Banksy’s take on the coronavirus pandemic – with the rats pictured sneezing across the carriage and wearing face masks.While TfL initially claimed that the artwork has removed because it breached a strict “no graffiti” policy, the Evening

Banksy‘s latest artwork, which sends up the global spread of coronavirus, has been removed from the London Underground carriage it was left in by Transport for London (TfL).The anonymous street art icon posted a making-of video on his Instagram account yesterday afternoon (July 14) showing how he donned a white boiler suit, mask and hi-vis jacket before taking a cleaning bottle onto a Circle Line train carriage and posing as a TfL worker.Once inside the train, the cleaning bottle is actually

Banksy artwork paying tribute to the victims of the terror attack at France’s Bataclan music hall has been found by police detectives in Italy, over a year after it was stolen from outside the venue.The graffiti work, which depicted a young woman looking mournful, was painted on an emergency door at the famous concert hall in 2018 as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 terror attack there that killed 90 people attending an Eagles of Death Metal gig.A post shared by Banksy (@banksy) on Jun 28,

Banksy has suggested that Bristol’s toppled statue of Edward Colston should be replaced with a new monument to commemorate the moment it was pulled down.Last weekend, protesters in Bristol used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Colston, a prominent 17th Century slave trader who has been a controversial figure in the city for many years.The statue was later dragged through the streets of Bristol and thrown into the harbour.Suggestions on what should occupy the now-empty plinth have since

Banksy has shared a powerful piece of artwork in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, portraying the burning of an American flag.The anonymous artist’s latest work was shared on his Instagram page earlier today (June 6), which comes after the death of George Floyd, an African American man who was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota when a white police officer knelt on his neck as he lay on the ground during an arrest.It depicts a vigil for a member of the black community, whose picture is in

'Game Changer' has gone on display at Southampton General Hospital

“The initial sketch was a lot better…”