{"id":373048,"date":"2026-01-16T09:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/373048\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:56:07","slug":"artwork-mysteriously-disappears-from-the-lanes-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/373048\/","title":{"rendered":"Artwork mysteriously disappears from The Lanes, Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The work – a neon-coloured postage stamp featuring The Prince Regent, George IV, by local street artist duo The Postman – disappeared from a wall in Hanningtons Lane on Monday (January 12).\n<\/p>\n

\n Residents noticed its absence and were curious to know why it had been removed, particularly as it features on many walking tours.\n<\/p>\n

\n Freya Springham, who lives nearby, said: “I hope it comes back; it\u2019s quite iconic in the area. In the summer it always features on walking tours and we often see tourists taking selfies in front of it .”\n<\/p>\n

\n The Prince Regent street art by The Postman in The Lanes (Image: Simon Dack)\n<\/p>\n

\n The artwork was attached to the back wall of Greek restaurant The Olive Grove which closed a year ago. The building appears to be under construction and has been closed off with hoardings.\n<\/p>\n

\n Artists The Postman told The Argus that they understand the artwork to have been removed as part of renovations to the building prior to the opening of a new business.\n<\/p>\n

\n The anonymous duo from have garnered international acclaim for their colourful, pop-art murals and paste-ups of music and film icons.\n<\/p>\n

\n Former restaurant The Olive Grove is behind hoardings (Image: The Argus)\n<\/p>\n

\n Earlier this year they took to social media to a bid a fond farewell to the music wall on Gak, the music emporium in North Laine which closed after 30 years in the city<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n The wall was covered with a number of colourful portraits of music legends including Prince, Bob Marley, Kate Bush, Amy Winehouse and David Bowie.\n<\/p>\n

\n The duo managed to rescue a number of the works which they auctioned off.\n<\/p>\n

\n George IV, known for his extravagance and flamboyance, transformed Brighton into a fashionable resort by building the Royal Pavilion, which he used as his seaside pleasure palace during his Regency (1811-1820) and reign (1820-1830).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The work – a neon-coloured postage stamp featuring The Prince Regent, George IV, by local street artist duo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-373048","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-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}