HIS work is splashed across the world, appearing everywhere from Bethlehem to Bristol.
Now, graffiti maste Banksy has another mural for us to ponder.
The mysterious artest latest venture has popped up on the coastal holiday town of Margate in Kent, a 1950s housewife in an apron and washing-up gloves pushing a man into a freezer.
The piece – which has been titled Valentine's Day Mascara by the elusive artist – highlights the issue of violence against women.
The never-waning intrigue of the street artist mean that people are always eager to see his revolutionary work in the flesh.
Banksy is believed to hail from Bristol, but some of his most iconic artwork has been spotted across the UK from Liverpool and London to Birmingham and Hull.
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Love Plane – Liverpool
The Love Plane first appeared on the Western Approaches on Rumford Street in Liverpool in 2011, but it was then removed in 2016 to be featured in a street art museum.
When the museum never materialised, the beloved biplane painting was returned to the city centre in February 2019 with the addition of a tag reading: "I'm back".
The Well Hung Lover – Bristol
This work,depicting a naked man hanging from a windowsill by his right arm with his left arm covering his genitals.
It appeared on the side of a sexual health clinic in Banksy's hometown of Bristol in 2006.
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It became the first legal street art in the UK after 97 per cent of respondents to a council poll said they wanted the lewd mural to stay.
Kissing Coppers – Brighton
Kissing Coppers was originally unveiled on the wall of the Prince Albert Pub in Brighton in 2004.
The location of the work was a nod to the city's thriving LGBT community.
Due to consistent vandalism the owner of the Prince Albert had the design removed and transferred to canvas.
It was replaced with a replica in 2008.
The Mild Mild West – Bristol
The Mild Mild West, showing a Molotov cocktail-wielding teddy bear, was painted in broad daylight over three days in 1999.
Efforts from police to shut down unlicensed raves during the 1990s catalysed the work.
The Girl with the Pierced Eardrum – Bristol
This is Banksy's homage to Johannes Vermeer’s 1665 masterpiece Girl with a Pearl Earring.
The pearl earring has been replaced with an ADT alarm box.
The mural was in the news again when a giant face mask appeared on the painting in April 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Art Buff – Folkestone
Art Buff portrays a woman wearing headphones and staring at a plinth, upon which rests a patch of what seems to be a painted-out graffiti.
The name of the piece is a play on words, “buff” being a slang term for the painting over graffiti.
Reindeer mural – Birmingham
Banksy's reindeer mural appeared in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter in December 2019.
A protective screen was put up in front of the painting after red noses were painted on to the original.
Draw the Raised Bridge – Hull
Draw the Raised Bridge appeared on the disused Scott Street Bridge over the River Hull in January 2018.
Some have theorised that this work could refer to the “Siege of Hull” in 1642 when King Charles I was refused to enter Hull by Sir John Hotham and the Parliament.
Tesco sandcastle mural – St. Leonards-on-Sea
This 2010 mural appeared on the back of a staircase leading down to the beach in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Banksy has used Tesco branding in several different artworks over the years, including on a picture of a petrol bomb in 2011.
It's claimed the artwork has led house prices to shoot up – with properties selling for up to three times more than they were previously valued at.
Designated Graffiti Area – London
Banksy's humourous Designated Graffiti Area is located in the courtyard of the nightclub Cargo on Rivington Street in Hackney.
Another of his works showing a dog with a bazooka called His Master's Voice is in the same place.
From this moment despair ends and tactics begin – London
This mural, referring to Extinction Rebellion, appeared near Marble Arch in April 2019 after the protest group's camp on the site was cleared.
The slogan is a quotation from The Revolution of Everyday Life by the Situationist philosopher Raoul Vaneigem.
Snorting Copper – London
The mural of a police officer snorting cocaine first appeared on the side of a public toilet on Curtain Road in Hackney in 2005.
This artwork had been vandalised but has been brought back after a lengthy and tricky restoration, on the very same location, on Curtain Road at the Waterloo Station in London.
Banksy/Basquiat mural – London
Two murals appeared by the Barbican in 2017 during an exhibition of Basquiat's work.
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Basquiat is a famous American street artist to whom Banksy was paying tribute.
Writing on Instagram, he said: "Major new Basquiat show opens at the Barbican – a place that is normally very keen to clean any graffiti from its walls.”
Banksy’s works
Below is a list of Banksy’s work available for public viewing across the UK:
Gorilla in a Pink Mask – Bristol
Valentine's Banksy – Bristol
Angel Bust – Bristol
Girl with a Stick – Bristol
Marsh Lane Valentine – Bristol
Mild Mild West – Bristol
Rose Trap – Bristol
A Great British Spraycation – Great Yarmouth, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Gorleston-on-Sea, Cromer, and King's Lynn
Leake Street – London
Girl with Balloon – London
Hanging Rat – London
The Drinker – London
Extinction Rebellion – London
Slave Labour – London
Designated Graffiti Area – London
Banksus Militus Ratus – London
Christmas Reindeers -Birmingham
Draw the Raised Bridge – Hull
Escape from Reading Gaol – Reading
Art Buff – Folkestone
Cardinal Sin – Liverpool
Hula Hooping Girl – Nottingham
Kissing Coppers – Brighton
Bus Shelter Dancers – Great Yarmouth
Crowbar Sandcastle – Lowestoft
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