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Possible Banksy artwork of umbrella-toting rat displayed at Hinode Pier in Tokyo

National Nov 25, 2019

Possible Banksy artwork of umbrella-toting rat displayed at Hinode Pier in Tokyo

An artwork possibly by anonymous street artist Banksy was put on display Monday at a Tokyo pier near where it was found late last year, following requests from residents. The picture of a rat holding an umbrella and a bag was found spray-painted last December ...

Potential Banksy, now in storage, to be displayed at Tokyo City Hall

National Apr 19, 2019

Potential Banksy, now in storage, to be displayed at Tokyo City Hall

A piece of street art discovered in January that some attribute to Banksy is to be shown at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building starting next week, Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday. The announcement was met with skepticism online as some questioned whether Tokyo was now ...

Banksy homage to Paris attack victims stolen from Bataclan theater

World / Crime & Legal Jan 27, 2019

Banksy homage to Paris attack victims stolen from Bataclan theater

A mural by British street artist Banksy on a fire-exit door at Paris' Bataclan theater, where Islamist militants killed 90 people three years ago, has been stolen, the venue said Saturday. The work, one of a series of murals painted last June in the French ...

Banksy-like work found in Chiba, following similar discovery in Tokyo

National Jan 24, 2019

Banksy-like work found in Chiba, following similar discovery in Tokyo

Graffiti on a seawall in Chiba Prefecture resembling the work of Banksy has sparked speculation over whether it is a piece by the elusive street artist, and it comes about a month after another possible work by the painter and activist was found in ...

Banksy does Tokyo? Officials check if years-old graffiti is work of legendary British street artist

National Jan 18, 2019

Banksy does Tokyo? Officials check if years-old graffiti is work of legendary British street artist

Officials are trying to verify if a drawing of a rat holding an umbrella, spray painted near a monorail station in central Tokyo, is the work of the famous and mysterious British street artist Banksy. "We noticed there is a drawing of a rat spray ...

New Banksy artwork brings crowds to Welsh steel town

Entertainment News Dec 23, 2018

New Banksy artwork brings crowds to Welsh steel town

A new work by enigmatic street artist Banksy has brought visitors flocking to the back of a car garage in Port Talbot, causing quite a stir in the south Wales steel town. The image appeared on Tuesday. Since then the local authority has brought in ...

Why Banksy's art stunt is economic genius

Commentary / World Oct 9, 2018

Why Banksy's art stunt is economic genius

by Leonid Bershidsky

His shredding trick demonstrates the street artist's talent for exploring the ways in which people value art.

'Banksy Does New York' and throws shade on the art world in the process

Film / Reviews Mar 23, 2016

'Banksy Does New York' and throws shade on the art world in the process

by Giovanni Fazio

Who is Banksy? The U.K.'s best-known-yet-unknown street artist/conceptual prankster was in the news again this month after researchers at Queen Mary University of London analyzed maps of Banksy's wall works in London and Bristol to pinpoint a possible suspect. Excited headlines shouted as though ...

281_Anti Nuke's anger at authority is at a critical mass

Lifestyle May 28, 2013

281_Anti Nuke's anger at authority is at a critical mass

by Jon Mitchell

More than two years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, hundreds of thousands of residents of the Tohoku region of northeastern Honshu remain displaced, the power station teeters on the brink of further disaster and large swaths ...

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