WHO IS BANKSY? Investigative journalist says she knows but will his friend confirm?

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Published 2019-04-11

He's the elusive street artist whose artwork sells for millions but for decades Banksy has avoided the public eye. He has to, his art is technically illegal. So what happens when vandalism becomes valuable art? We speak to an art dealer who owns several 'Banksy's' and a journalist who says she knows exactly who he is, but will fellow street artist and Banksy acquaintance confirm?

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All Comments (21)

@backcombed2559 5 years ago

Banksy makes me smile ,I'm not alone
@ilistentoexefiles5142 4 years ago

I think revealing banksys identity removes the joy of seeing hes work. I think he should stay a mystery man.
@jefro_official 3 years ago

I dont wish to ever know who he is but I want him to know I admire and respect him immeasurably 👏
@boiledkettles6066 5 years ago

Love this guy especially making fun of the art world 😂
@DreamLove. 5 years ago

We are doing a chapter about Banksy's artwork in my english class 😂 In France, we love this man ❤
@shable1436 4 years ago

How does someone own a public block wall on a street? The irony of how ppl want to own things in the name of protecting them im sure isn't lost on banksy
@SuperPussyFinger 3 years ago

The man pointing at 0:18 is Robin Gunningham, in the flesh.
@trustedscrub3 5 years ago

The brazier on the port talbot piece. ....I thought it was a wheelie bin on fire 😂
@nightcr_wler 5 years ago

I don’t like how the host was cutting off the guests and how he was mostly talking to the art dealer and putting aside what the other guests had to say
@inmyopinion651 4 years ago

He traveled to Palestine so obviously he had to have passport stamped. The customs and border people have to know but I don't think it would be cool to out him even if we knew who he was. Did Gunningham go to Palestine? I personally hope he never gets outted though. If I was him Id go to 10 or 20 of the poorest places on earth and paint the locals houses and enrich some poverty stricken.
@whispjohn 1 year ago

All of his friends in Bristol who know him would never tell anybody who he is, why would they?
@Thirdfish 3 years ago

He doesn't know who Banksy is, he's trying to sell a film. Anyone that knows Banksy - KNOWS.
@Artby_Katina 3 years ago

The shroud of anonymity is great publicity, it gives a mystique to his persona almost like that of a super hero giving a deeper meaning to his works. Banksy is more than one person
@llrskll2762 3 years ago

Banksy doesn't make millions of dollars off his artwork most of the time the artwork is removed from the wall and sold in auctions without his consent so the only time you really makes money is through art shows that he hosts and other small art pieces that he might sell
@corpsenugget455 5 years ago

My friends dad owns an Indian restaurant in Glasgow and right at the back door of the restaurant there is an official Banksy piece
@sandramarquez8109 4 years ago

2:07 he actually doesn’t and that work of art was auctioned without his consent.
@willalwaystelehandler8450 4 years ago

Bullsh__t moving his work it should be left were it is if painting gets destroyed by pollution that's the whole thing about the work , leave it alone ,
@ahasai7163 4 years ago

Is he still there?
@jane9875 2 years ago

just seen a video of people in new york picking up banksy's for 20 pounds on a market stall
@ahasai7163 4 years ago

Wait are they Quarantined? 😂