{"id":205497,"date":"2025-12-22T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/205497\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:11:10","slug":"artwork-thought-to-be-by-banksy-appears-at-foot-of-london-skyscraper-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/205497\/","title":{"rendered":"Artwork thought to be by Banksy appears at foot of London skyscraper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two people lie on the ground looking up at a London skyscraper in the latest artwork thought to be by graffiti artist Banksy.<\/p>\n

The work shows a child in a beanie hat and wellingtons lying on the floor next to another person in a bobble hat who points up to the building and sky above.<\/p>\n

It appeared beneath the Centre Point building near Tottenham Court Road in central London on Monday.<\/p>\n

\"AA piece of graffiti artwork depicting two people, thought to be the work of street artist Banksy (Stefan Rousseau\/PA)<\/p>\n

Banksy, whose real identity has not been revealed, has not claimed responsibility for the artwork.<\/p>\n

The same artwork has also appeared on the side of a building a few miles away in Queen\u2019s Mews in Bayswater.<\/p>\n

\"ABanksy has not taken responsibility for the work (Stefan Rousseau\/PA)<\/p>\n

In September the mysterious artist made headlines with his mural depicting a protester lying on the ground holding a blood-spattered placard, while a judge, in a wig and gown, looms over him, wielding a gavel.<\/p>\n

\"BanksyThe same artwork appeared in Bayswater (Stefan Rousseau\/PA)<\/p>\n

The painting appeared on an external wall of the Queen\u2019s Building, in the Royal Courts of Justice complex.<\/p>\n

It was swiftly covered up and guarded by security staff, before work began to remove it.<\/p>\n

\"BanksyHis artwork at the Royal Courts of Justice sparked controversy (Callum Parke\/PA)<\/p>\n

The art was interpreted by some as a comment on the arrest of hundreds of people for supporting Palestine Action by holding up placards at protests.<\/p>\n

Palestine Action was banned by the Government as a terrorist group in July after activists damaged RAF planes.<\/p>\n

The court service confirmed that it was legally obliged to maintain the character of the building because of its listed status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people lie on the ground looking up at a London skyscraper in the latest artwork thought to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-205497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}