Banksy
Pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist
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| 2025 | BBC discovered previously unseen Banksy murals from his early career, created in a youth club in his home city, which differ from his well-known stencil style of graffiti. |
| February 2025 | Announced that Banksy or a representative will appear at a tribunal at the UK's Intellectual Property Office. |
| August 2024 | Banksy claimed credit for a series of black silhouette compositions that appeared in London, themed around animals, though the meaning remains open to interpretation. |
| August 10 2024 | A Banksy mural featuring a stretching cat on a decaying plywood billboard in Cricklewood, London was removed hours after its unveiling. |
| March 17 2024 | Banksy created a mural in Upper Holloway, London, featuring green-shaded foliage and a stencilled worker using a pressure washer. Local MP Jeremy Corbyn was among the first to visit the artwork. |
| November 2023 | A 2003 BBC interview with Banksy was rediscovered, in which he was asked if his name is Robert Banks and responded that his forename is Robbie. |
| 2022 | Billy Gannon, a local councillor in Pembroke Dock, resigned due to speculation about being Banksy. |
| November 2022 | Banksy visited Ukraine following the Russian invasion, creating murals in Kyiv, Irpin, Hostomel, and Horenka. One notable piece in Borodianka depicted Russian president Vladimir Putin in a judo throw, which was later turned into a Ukrainian stamp. |
| 2021 | During the filming of the BBC One/Amazon Prime Video comedy series 'The Outlaws', Christopher Walken's character Frank deliberately painted over an original Banksy artwork featuring a stencilled rat sitting on two spray cans while performing community service. The BBC confirmed the artwork was a genuine Banksy piece created specifically for the sitcom and was authentically destroyed during filming. |
| November 2021 | A Banksy painting of a child with a crowbar from 'A Great British Spraycation' was removed from its wall in Lowestoft. |
| October 14 2021 | The partially-shredded 'Love is in the Bin' was re-sold by Sotheby's auction house in London for £18,582,000. |
| August 2021 | Banksy created several artworks across East Anglian towns, collectively titled 'A Great British Spraycation'. He also created an original artwork for the BBC One/Amazon Prime Video comedy 'The Outlaws'. |
| March 2021 | Banksy created an artwork of an escaping prisoner on the side of Reading Prison, reportedly resembling Oscar Wilde, with the artwork highlighting local debates about the prison's future use. |
| March 2021 | The 'Game Changer' painting was sold for £14.4m to benefit NHS-related organisations and charities. |
| 2020 | 'Show me the Monet' was sold for £7.5 million at Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Auction. |
| 2020 | Social media speculation emerged suggesting Neil Buchanan might be Banksy, which was denied by Buchanan's publicist. |
| September 14 2020 | The European Union Intellectual Property Office ruled against Banksy in the trademark dispute over his 'Flower Thrower' artwork, invalidating his trademark. |
| August 2020 | Privately funded a rescue boat named after Louise Michel to save refugees in the Mediterranean Sea, painted pink with an image of a young girl holding a heart-shaped safety float. |
| July 2020 | Banksy painted a series of sneezing rats on a Circle Line train in the London Underground, which were subsequently removed by cleaners for violating Transport for London's anti-graffiti policies. |
| July 2020 | Sold triptych 'Mediterranean Sea View 2017' for £2.2 million to support a hospital in Bethlehem. |
| May 2020 | Banksy donated the painting 'Painting for Saints' or 'Game Changer' to the University Hospital of Southampton during the coronavirus pandemic. |
| February 13 2020 | Banksy created the Valentine's mural in Bristol's Barton Hill neighbourhood, depicting a young girl firing a slingshot of real red flowers and leaves. The artwork was defaced days after its appearance. |
| 2019 | Created merchandise for homeless charities in Bristol. |
| October 2019 | Banksy's 2009 painting 'Devolved Parliament' sold at Sotheby's in London for nearly £9.9 million, which he noted was a record price for one of his paintings. |
| October 4 2019 | Banksy opened a 'pop-up shop' named Gross Domestic Product in Croydon, South London to strengthen his position in a trademark dispute with a greeting card company. |
| May 2019 | The Port Talbot mural was moved to a gallery in the town's Ty'r Orsaf building. |
| 2018 | Banksy returned to New York, creating works including 'Rat race' (which was quickly torn down) and a mural of Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan on the Bowery Wall. |
| 2018 | Banksy donated 'Dream Boat' to Help Refugees, displaying it in their London pop-up shop and running a fundraising competition where people could guess the artwork's weight. |
| December 2018 | Banksy created a two-sided graffiti piece in Port Talbot, depicting a child tasting snow that is revealed to be smoke and embers from a dumpster fire. He revealed the artwork's authorship via an Instagram video. |
| October 5 2018 | During a Sotheby's auction, Banksy activated a hidden shredder within a framed painting of 'Girl with Balloon', partially destroying the artwork mid-auction and creating a new piece titled 'Love is in the Bin'. The shredder had been preemptively installed in the frame years earlier in anticipation of a potential auction. |
| 2017 | Sold 'Civilian Drone Strike' artwork for £205,000 to raise funds for Campaign Against Arms Trade and Reprieve during the 'Art the Arms Fair' exhibition. |
| 2017 | Banksy financed the creation of the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, marking the 100th anniversary of British control of Palestine, with rooms designed by Banksy and other artists. |
| June 2017 | DJ Goldie referred to Banksy as 'Rob' in a podcast interview. |
| June 6 2017 | Banksy withdrew his election art print offer after being warned by the Electoral Commission that it could invalidate the election result. |
| June 5 2017 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary opened an investigation into Banksy for suspected electoral bribery after he offered free art prints to voters who voted against Conservative candidates in the UK general election. |
| May 2017 | Banksy claimed authorship of a giant Brexit mural painted on a house in Dover, Kent. |
| 2016 | Researchers at Queen Mary University of London conducted a geographic profiling study correlating Banksy's artwork locations with Robin Gunningham's known movements. |
| August 2016 | Banksy's 'Spy Booth' in Cheltenham was removed and possibly destroyed, despite having grade II listed status. |
| June 2016 | A 14 ft painting of a child chasing a burning tire was found at Bridge Farm Primary School in Bristol, accompanied by a letter from Banksy to the school. |
| 2015 | Exhibited 'Dream Boat' sculpture at Dismaland. |
| December 2015 | Banksy created several murals near Calais, France, including 'The Son of a Migrant from Syria' which depicts Steve Jobs as a migrant. |
| August 21 2015 | Banksy opened Dismaland, a large-scale group art show modelled on Disneyland in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom, which permanently closed on 27 September 2015. |
| April 21 2015 | An attempt to steal a Banksy mural in Bethlehem was thwarted by police, as reported by Ma'an News Agency. |
| February 2015 | Banksy published a 2-minute video about his trip to the Gaza Strip, painting artworks including a kitten on the remains of a destroyed house and a swing on a watchtower. |
| 2014 | Sold artwork 'Mobile Lovers' for £403,000 to keep a youth club in Bristol open. |
| 2014 | Banksy receives the Webby Person of the Year award at the Webby Awards. |
| October 2014 | An internet hoax circulated claiming Banksy had been arrested and his identity revealed. |
| October 2014 | Banksy painted a provocative mural in Clacton depicting pigeons with anti-immigration messages, which was subsequently removed by the local council. |
| April 2014 | Banksy created a piece near GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham depicting three men using listening devices, criticizing global surveillance disclosures. |
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