{"id":558502,"date":"2026-04-30T10:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/558502\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:03:07","slug":"banksys-signature-appears-on-new-statue-in-central-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/558502\/","title":{"rendered":"Banksy’s signature appears on new statue in central London"},"content":{"rendered":"

He is well known for high\u2011profile – often controversial – works around the world, but his most recent pieces have all appeared in London.<\/p>\n

In December, a mural appeared in Bayswater of two children lying on the ground<\/a>, while in September, he claimed to have painted a scene on the Royal Courts of Justice complex of a protester lying on the ground holding a blood-spattered placard <\/a>while a judge looms over him, wielding a gavel.<\/p>\n

In 2024, the street artist created an animal trail around the capital <\/a>with pieces featuring a goat, elephants, a gorilla, monkeys, piranhas, a rhino and pelicans among other animals.<\/p>\n

Each time, they appeared to have been installed covertly and later confirmed as his work on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n

His works, installed on both private and public property, are widely interpreted as political statements and are often removed soon after they appear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He is well known for high\u2011profile – often controversial – works around the world, but his most recent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-558502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558502","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=558502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}