Banksy unveiled his latest piece in London’s Knightsbridge earlier today on a building opposite the French embassy, and as usual it caused a bit of a commotion.
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Check it out:
Brand new #Banksy in London just opposite the French embassy https://t.co/lcxAghu9Sj pic.twitter.com/dddtSIU8pT
— Dan 🫧 (@FRYTG) January 25, 2016
It appears to criticise the use of teargas on Syrian refugees in the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp (where Banksy unveiled his last piece) and also, for the first time ever in a Banksy piece, contained a QR code that led to this YouTube video of French police attacking the ‘Jungle’ with teargas and rubber bullets:
Workers for Cheval Property Management Ltd (who own the building where the mural was plastered) tried to remove the board that the artwork was placed on but were having a hard time doing so. Instead they just covered it up until someone figures out what to do about it:
https://vine.co/v/ii1JVUJpEbK
Just a few moments later the #Banksy has been covered with wood. pic.twitter.com/thhKAk0qtM
— Dan 🫧 (@FRYTG) January 25, 2016
I guess just leaving it up is out of the question?
Check out all of Banksy’s best work in animated .GIF form HERE.