Now playing Next Culture news Banksy-funded boat brings migrants to safety in Lampedusa Thirty-one migrants sailing on an overcrowded wooden boat were rescued off the coast of Tunisia by the Banksy-funded Louise Michel vessel and taken to the small Italian island of Lampedusa. 06/01/2022
Now playing Next Art Banksy street art reproduced inside Milan's central train station The exhibition will be on display until February 27, 2022, at the Galleria dei Mosaici opposite the train tracks inside Milan's Central Station. 03/12/2021
Now playing Next Art Post-pandemic art market to reach new zenith with in-person auctions With sales starting on November 15, estimates are to bring in more than $1 billion (over €868m) in a week. 10/11/2021
Now playing Next Art Shredded Banksy artwork sells for nearly €22 million at auction 'Love is in the Bin': Shredded Banksy artwork sells for nearly €22 million at auction 14/10/2021
Now playing Next Art Banksy's Balloon Girl expected to fetch over €2.5million at auction The Bristol-born UK artist redefined our perceptions of street art in the 2000s. Christie's London auction house expect Banksy's 2005 remake of Girl With Balloon to sell for millions next week. 07/10/2021
Now playing Next Green News These hijacked billboards take aim at 'Europe's dirtiest bank' Brandalism’s subversive adverts try to show us how Barclays finances the fossil fuel industry. 22/09/2021
Now playing Next Russia Iconic Banksy works on display at Russian museum The star item is a brick from Dismaland, the British artist's 2015 parody of Disney theme parks which was dismantled after its creation. 14/09/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom New Banksy artworks appear in English seaside towns British street artist Banksy confirmed via a video on his Instagram account on Friday that he was indeed the author of several works that recently appeared in England. 14/08/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Privately-owned Banksy art exhibition hits London Over 90 of the street artist's works - including originals and prints - have gone on display in a 12,000 square foot underground space in Covent Garden. 20/05/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Bitcoin and Ethereum will be accepted in Sotheby's Banksy auction While NFTs are growing in popularity, physical artworks have yet to be swept up in the world of cryptocurrencies. Until now, that is. 04/05/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Banksy artwork raises more than €19 million for UK health service The Bristol-based artist has created at least two other coronavirus-related works since the outbreak of COVID-19. 23/03/2021
Now playing Next no comment 'Aachoo!': Banksy's new sneezing woman artwork appears on Bristol home It shows a woman in a headscarf sneezing and her dentures flying into the air. 11/12/2020
Now playing Next no comment Migrants move off Banksy rescue vessel as ships come to its aid All migrants aboard a rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy have been transferred to other boats, the team behind the mission said after its pink and white boat carrying more than 200 passengers sent out an urgent appeal for help. 30/08/2020
Now playing Next world news Migrants moved off Banksy-funded rescue ship now seek port to dock The Louise Michel refugee rescue ship had called for urgent help after assisting a boat in the Mediterranean that was carrying around 130 migrants including at least one who died. 29/08/2020
Now playing Next world news Banksy funds pink boat to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean The ship's website said the vessel "is as agile as she is pink" and that Banksy bought it with the proceeds of his sold artwork and decorated it with a fire extinguisher. 28/08/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom New coronavirus-themed Banksy appears on London underground The work is called "If you don't mask - you don't get" and features spray-painted rats in various guises relating to the pandemic 15/07/2020
Now playing Next France Banksy painting, stolen from the Bataclan, to be returned to France Depicting a sad looking girl, the artwork was a tribute to the victims of the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. 14/07/2020
Now playing Next France Banksy theft: Six arrested in France over stolen Bataclan painting The painting resurfaced in Italy earlier this month after it got stolen in January. 27/06/2020
Now playing Next Italy Banksy artwork stolen from Bataclan found in Italy The image of a girl in mourning had been painted on one of the exits of the Paris concert hall to commemorate the victims of the November 2015 terror attacks. 11/06/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Banksy pays tribute to 'superhero' nurses, donates work to hospital Banksy's latest piece depicts a little boy playing with a nurse superhero toy. He left it at the University Hospital Southampton with a note thanking staff for their work. 07/05/2020