A new artwork by Banksy has been removed from its London location shortly after the artist uploaded images to his Instagram account on December 22.
The new work by the anonymous artist is a metal traffic stop sign that features three images of aircraft that look like military drones. It was installed on a street sign in Peckham, South London.
The public display of Banksy’s new work did not last long. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)
Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images
After images of the stop sign were posted on Banksy’s popular account (which has 12.1 million followers), commenters immediately responded that it would soon be taken and sold online.
Around 12:30 p.m., two people used bolt cutters and a Lime bike to remove the artwork. A witness named Alex said so sun that one of the people initially tried to hit her with his hands and fell off the bike before returning with the bolt cutters.
The incident follows other times Banksy has made headlines this year. A Valentine’s Day mural about domestic violence prompted the removal of a tree freezer twice, a couple discovered a large seagull painted on their home would cost $250,000 to remove, a 500-year-old farmhouse with a large Banksy mural of a child. demolished in March, and a damaged mural in Venice painted in 2019 will be restored with private funding. Banksy’s identity was also recently revealed through an archival interview with BBC.
