Aug 10
You have a new picture message!
Jul 03
I’m finally getting around to posting some old photos to our Gallery. This lot is from a month or so ago when Sharon, Joy and I visited the “Cans Festival” located in a tunnel under the now disused Eurostar Terminal at Waterloo. The Festival is basically a “designated stencil area” for street artists to exhibit their work.
As you may have noticed from our previous blog entires, Sharon and I have some appreciation for street art. It’s often illegal and sometimes offensive, however I personally feel that more often than not it brightens up an otherwise dull and gloomy concrete jungle in which we live.
In recent years, partly thanks to the work of Banksy, it has gained increasing acceptance. The Cans Festival is a celebration of this. Some of the artworks are truly remarkable.
If you are interested, check out this site for more info.
And now here are my photos of the exhibition (my favorite being the street cleaner sandblasting the cave-art) :
Apr 15
Banksy pulled off an audacious stunt to produce what is believed to be his biggest work yet in central London.
The secretive graffiti artist managed to erect three storeys of scaffolding behind a security fence despite being watched by a CCTV camera.
Then, during darkness and hidden behind a sheet of polythene, he painted this comment on ‘Big Brother’ society.
Mar 05
THE mystery surrounding the disappearance of a mural by graffiti artist Banksy from a wall in Clerkenwell has been solved.The “old skool” image appeared on the wall of Clerkenwell Motorcycles in Clerkenwell Road about two years ago - but suddenly disappeared, to be replaced by a black dotted line where it had been and the word “collected” painted inside.
Feb 15
An auction organised by U2 star Bono and artist Damien Hirst has raised $42.5m (£21.6m) towards the global fight against Aids.
Hirst donated seven of his works to the art sale in New York, including a cabinet filled with drugs to treat HIV, which fetched $7.15m (£3.6m).
The auction broke records for 17 artists, including Banksy, whose Keep It Spotless work made $1.8m (£950,300).
Nov 03
You have a new picture message!
Oct 31
This picture is believed to be the first showing Banksy at work.The maverick street artist has kept the public guessing over his identity despite his creations now selling for six- figure sums to Hollywood stars such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
Oct 24
The biggest auction yet of original works by graffiti artist Banksy has exceeded its estimated takings.
The 10 pieces and a print were expected to raise a maximum of £300,000 in total when they were sold in London at auction house Bonhams.
However, the works actually fetched £546,000 altogether.
May 15
A SMALL piece of street art down a nondescript Melbourne city alley could be a modern art treasure.
The stencil image of a deep-sea diver in a duffle coat by super cool British artist Banksy has survived from his time in Melbourne about five years ago.
The 1m tall work is on the back wall of the Nicholas Building at the entrance to Cocker Alley off Flinders Lane.
Apr 25
A painting by cult “guerrilla artist” Banksy has sold for £288,000 at auction - a new record for the artist.
Space Girl and Bird, which sold for 20 times its estimate, was commissioned by Blur for their Think Tank album cover.
It was sold to a telephone bidder from the US. Earlier, a Banksy self-portrait showing an ape’s face fetched £198,000 - five times its estimated value
