A new mural suspected to be artwork by 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. But as ever with Banksy – you never quite know, until he fesses up by posting it on his website.”
Proud new caretakers of an apparent new #Banksy piece in Finsbury Park… Woke up this morning to it on the side of flat
You can just about see us smiling proudly on our balcony pic.twitter.com/APOlXB7e10
— Amy (@psychologyamyb) March 17, 2024
Islington councillor Flora Williamson also spotted the artwork whilst out canvassing in her borough.
She wrote on X: “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.”
One local resident also praised the mural, adding: “Proud new caretakers of an apparent new #Banksy piece in Finsbury Park… Woke up this morning to it on the side of flat. You can just about see us smiling proudly on our balcony.”
Elsewhere, Haringey Tree Protectors used the mural to criticise Haringey Council for allegedly “not taking meaningful action to protect mature trees, when our streets are filled with the sound of chainsaws & our trees are battered each summer by events.”https://twitter.com/JustPlaneNews/status/1769622090418729269
Last year, Banksy unveiled a new anti-war artwork in Peckham, South London, featuring a ‘STOP’ traffic sign emblazoned with war aircraft which later resulted in two men being arrested over the apparent theft of the artwork.
Banksy also created seven new murals in various locations across Ukraine, which had been badly impacted by the Russian invasion.
Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that the elusive artist could be forced to reveal his real name if a legal tussle over the authenticity of one of his prints winds up in court.
Two art collectors are taking legal action against the secretive artist’s company Pest Control, saying that the organisation has refused to confirm the authenticity of the piece Monkey Queen, in which a jewelled primate wears a royal crown against a red, white and blue backdrop.
Nicky Katz and Ray Howse claim that they have pursued Pest Control for three years to secure the official confirmation that the piece was made by Banksy, without which its value would be substantially undermined.
If the dispute were to make it to court, the artist could be forced to disclose his real identity.
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