NewsArt market
Sotheby’s 'Banksy-ed' as painting 'self-destructs' live at auction
Girl with a Balloon (2006) had just hammered at £860,000
NewsBanksy
An AI bot has figured out how to draw like Banksy. And it's uncanny
GANksy aims to produce images that bear resemblance to works by the UK's most famous street artist
NewsArt market
Revealed: sellers of £7.6m Banksy were London collectors who provided venue for artist's 2005 Crude Oils exhibition
As part of the deal, Roland and Jane Cowan acquired the faux Impressionist canvas from the artist—it sold last night at Sotheby's
NewsBanksy
Banksy loses trademark battle over his famous Flower Thrower image
The street artist opened a pop-up shop in Croydon last year in a bid to protect his image rights, but was found to have “acted in bad faith”
NewsActivism
Hundreds of migrants removed from Banksy-funded rescue boat amid calls for immediate assistance
The British artist accused European authorities of "deliberately" ignoring distress calls issued by the overwhelmed Louise Michel, a vessel he financed to aid migrants crossing the Mediterranean
NewsBanksy
Banksy funds refugee rescue ship in the Mediterranean
The boat, which has rescued 89 people so far, boasts work by the British street artist on its side
NewsBanksy
Banksy triptych—estimated at £1.2m—to be sold at Sotheby's in aid of Palestinian hospital
Artists has donated the works, which were previously on display in his Walled Off hotel in Bethlehem
NewsBanksy
Banksy graffiti removed by London Underground cleaners—but TFL invites artist to make new work in ‘suitable location’
"We appreciate the sentiment of encouraging people to wear face coverings,” says a spokesman
NewsBanksy
Banksy paints London Underground train with sneezing rat not wearing face mask
British street artist, who likes to mask his own identity, has released a new video showing a tube train being graffitied in apparent support of face coverings
BlogDiary
Eight-year-old artist creates works in the style of Banksy and Basquiat to bolster coronavirus efforts
NewsBanksy
Banksy proposes new Bristol memorial of protesters toppling slave trader statue
Street artist says the idea would cater both to critics and defenders of the monument of Edward Colston
Newscoronavirus
Banksy 'brightens up' Southampton hospital with tribute to nurses
The work has been installed in collaboration with hospital managers and will be auctioned later this year to benefit the NHS
NewsBanksy
Charges dropped against South African billionaire over allegedly fraudulent Banksy deal
Martin Levick had been accused of duping an investor into lending him $3.5m for the purchase of the work
NewsAustralia
Street art auction in aid of Australian bushfire clean-up includes works by Banksy and Shepard Fairey
The Bushfire Relief Auction in Melbourne has been organised by the collectors Sandra Powell and Andrew King and prices start at £200
AnalysisArt market
US banker buys Brexit Banksy at Sotheby's, making a bigger splash than David Hockney’s pool painting
Auction house fields a steady contemporary evening sale in London
NewsBanksy
Banksy buyer seeks new location for Season’s Greetings mural
Talks with local officials in Port Talbot about a new urban art centre have stalled
AnalysisThe Year in Review 2019
King Tut’s golden year, Koons’s worst: the highs and lows of the art world in 2019
As Notre Dame burned, protestors called the shots and a gold toilet vanished, it was certainly a year to remember
NewsBanksy
Banksy transforms bench into Santa's sleigh in new mural highlighting UK homelessness
Street artist posts video of the work praising passersby in Birmingham for stopping and offering food and drink to a man sleeping rough
NewsBanksy
Banksy’s The Drinker withdrawn from Sotheby’s sale after rival artist claims ownership
Sculpture—estimated at £1m—was removed from the street by Andy Link in 2004 but later “liberated” from his East End garden
NewsBanksy
Artist who ‘kidnapped’ Banksy's The Drinker claims ownership ahead of Sotheby's sale
Andy Link says sculpture for which he demanded £5,000 in ransom was later stolen from him. Banksy’s former dealer says otherwise
NewsPrizes
MoMA director Glenn Lowry edges out Nan Goldin to top Art Review's Power 100 list
Banksy makes his debut at number 14 while dealer David Zwirner drops from first place to fifth
NewsArt market
'The nothings that threaten everything': how Banksy, Kaws and other street artists are shaking up the art world
Instagram power and the rise of the consumer collector are turning the art world upside down
NewsBanksy
How Banksy is vying for control of resales as his market goes ape
Stunt suspicions swirl after Sotheby’s auction sees 2009 work by street artist sell for far more than its £2m high estimate
NewsBanksy
To be or not to Bbay: Will Banksy take control of his market with 'approved used dealership'?
Street artist's Gross Domestic Product merchandise store opens online, but collectors are being heavily vetted to prevent flipping
NewsBanksy
Banksy painting of chimps as MPs sells for record £9.9m at Sotheby's
Nicole Eisenman, Jean-Michel Basquiat and a dozen Italians help weather the Brexit storm
BlogFrieze London 2019
Frieze London diary: Song Dong's edible art and Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus ballet gets a reboot
Plus, Harper Beckham meets Kaws
NewsBanksy
The full story behind Banksy's pop-up shop in Croydon
Street artist has created merchandise range from disco balls made from riot police helmets to hand-stitched welcome mats
BlogIn the frame
Unmasked! 3D picture of Banksy (from the back) sells at Sotheby’s
NewsArt dealers
Banksy's former agent quits gallery world citing snobbery and the death of subculture
Steve Lazarides leaves Lazinc in Mayfair to pursue solo projects
NewsArt the Arms Fair
Trigger warning: Guerrilla Girls among artists protesting against London arms fair with parallel show
Art the Arms Fair's inaugural 2017 exhibition saw a work by Banksy sell for £205,000 to benefit anti-war campaigns
NewsBanksy
Port Talbot Banksy piece moves from garage site to town centre
Proposed urban art museum in South Wales will also include works by Kaws and Blek le Rat
BlogIn the frame
A ban on Banksy? Anti-Brexit work at the Royal Academy is on/off limits
NewsBanksy
Has Banksy painted a new mural in Venice?
Work depicting a migrant child wearing a lifejacket is a stark counterpoint to Venice Biennale’s inclusion of Christoph Büchel’s wreck of migrant ship
NewsBanksy
New Banksy mural appears in support of Extinction Rebellion protest in London
Work was painted last night at Marble Arch, where the climate change group had set up base camp for ten days of demonstrations
BlogIn the frame
Peter Blake paints Glastonbury titan Michael Eavis
NewsBanksy
Kerching! Banksy-note enters British Museum
Di-faced Tenner is artist’s first work to join the collection officially—unlike his 2005 cave painting prank
NewsBanksy
Shredded Banksy work to go on long-term loan to Stuttgart museum
Love Is in the Bin will be shown among works by Rembrandt, Holbein, Marcel Duchamp and Picasso
NewsBanksy
Banksy buyer plans to build urban art centre in Wales
John Brandler, who paid a six-figure sum for Season's Greetings, is in talks with local officials
NewsBanksy
German museum to show shredded Banksy work
Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden aims to make the work “accessible to as many people as possible”
AnalysisThe Year In Review
2018 in the market: the price is right for pale males
David Hockney was latest white male artist to set a record this year
AnalysisThe Year In Review
Market stunts predict the future… and evoke the past
The Leonardo and Banksy auction spectacles suggested a future in which marketing triumphs. But was it ever thus?
AnalysisThe Year In Review
From counting muddles to collective cuddles: the art world's highs and lows of 2018
The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget
BlogIn the frame
Banksy video reveals shredding mechanism failed at Sotheby’s
Girl With Balloon was meant to shred completely
NewsArt market
Banksy seller's stringent instructions for Sotheby's revealed
Sotheby's directors speak out for the first time since Girl With Balloon was half shredded at auction
Podcast
In the Sotheby’s saleroom with the self-destructing Banksy, plus Bauhaus pioneer Anni Albers
We go behind the scenes of one of the most publicised stunts in auction history with our correspondent Anny Shaw who was there that evening. Then we get a tour of Tate Modern's Anni Albers retrospective with its curator Briony Fer, speak to the artist's biographer Charles Darwent and the head of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Nicholas Fox Weber. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsAuctions
Banksy renames shredded painting Love Is In the Bin as work sells to winning bidder after a week of negotiation
Girl With Balloon canvas ‘self-destructed’ live at Sotheby’s last week in one of the most publicised stunts in auction history
NewsArt market
Plucky Brits: Banksy self-destructs and Jenny Saville makes £9.5m record for a living female artist
Just when we thought Frieze week was all over, twists and turns provide high drama at Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale on Friday night
NewsBanksy
Banksy’s viral post about unauthorised Russian show is a sign of its success, organiser says
The street artist’s Instagram comment that the show has “nothing to do with me” set off an online debate about artists’ rights—which made him LOL
NewsBanksy
Imprisoned Turkish artist Zehra Dogan smuggles thank-you letter to Banksy
Bristolian street artist unveiled New York mural in March in protest against her arrest
NewsArt market
Banksy painting sells for record £1.5m as ‘greatest hits’ show opens at London gallery
Prices for larger works by the Bristolian street artist could fetch more than £5m
NewsStreet art
Banksy’s records will tumble in ‘greatest hits’ show, former dealer says
Highest price to date is $1.9m, but Steve Lazarides says some paintings have a £2m-plus price tag
NewsStreet art
Banksy brings his street art social critique to New York
The UK graffiti artist has put up a string of murals and stencils in the city
NewsArtists
Banksy and Danny Boyle create Alternativity in Bethlehem, despite never meeting
Street artist and film director staged performance that was filmed for BBC Two documentary which will air this weekend
AnalysisThe Year In Review
From VR masterpieces to PR disasters: 2017's ups and downs
The Art Newspaper team assesses the art world's fortunes in a turbulent year
NewsStreet art
New Banksy work in Bethlehem says ‘sorry’ for UK’s Balfour Declaration
Work was revealed by actor dressed as Queen Elizabeth II, marking 100th anniversary of contentious declaration
NewsBarbican
Barbican 'in discussion' to preserve Banksy murals inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition
British street artist’s latest works poke fun at the zero-tolerance approach to graffiti around the London gallery
ArchiveJuly 2009
Banksy gets the law on his side with a sting operation against forgers
Meanwhile, a new show organised by the mysterious artist proves to be a blockbuster
ArchiveForgeries
Another Banksy print fraud comes to light
The publisher of the artist’s works on paper issues warning over forgeries
ArchiveBanksy
Banksy's publishers give contradictory statements over eBay print fraud
Pictures on Walls have released three statements, both admitting to and denying covert sales of undocumented copies online
ArchiveOctober 2007
Revealed: the eBay Banksy print fraud
Unauthorised works by the anonymous graffiti artist have been sold on the internet; prices for these have been illegally inflated with fake bids
ArchiveJean-Michel Basquiat
Books: Basquiat from street artist to superstar
Banksy’s rise from street artist to gallery star, embraced by the commercial art world, is by no means unique
CommentBanksy
Banksy’s activism is his greatest work
Funding a refugee rescue boat is just the latest in a long history of politically motivated acts
Anny Shaw