Banksy’s Pinwheel is set to be installed in the centre of Weston-super-Mare after five years in storage.
The elusive artist gave the colourful piece to the town after he created the Dismaland “bemusement park” at the Tropicana, which brought an estimated £20million to the local economy.
The seven-metre-tall artwork was expected to be installed in the Italian Gardens last summer but that has been delayed by the coronavirus lockdown and negotiations between Banksy’s people and North Somerset Council.
Updating residents during the executive’s regular Facebook Live slot, Councillor Mark Canniford said: “We have now got agreement with the Banksy organisation where the Pinwheel can go. It will be in the centre of town.
“We’re currently dealing with the engineering aspects - it has to be well fitted to the ground. Someone might take a shine to the Pinwheel, it’s a Banksy piece of art.
“It’s going to be in the centre of town. We’re looking at the other opportunities around that location.
“It’s something that will be happening soon. The lockdown has made it difficult to do the work.”
More than 150,000 people visited Dismaland during its five-week run in the summer of 2015.
