The Latest Breaking News from Banksy

In a case of art imitating life, cops forced entry to the Laz Emporium gallery only to find the reported health emergency was in fact a dummy made of packing tape and foam filler worth £18,000

Anonymous England-based street artist Banksy is notable for his stencil-style artwork with dark humour that criticises social issues, politics, wars, capitalism and consumerism while promoting freedom of expression. Although Banksy's true identity remains mysterious, his images with powerful messages through murals and other art forms have captured global attention.

A group of art thieves were caught red handed after stealing a Banksy mural by tearing off a chunk of wall on the side of a building bombarded by Russian forces in Ukraine.

They have made some arrests

‘These images are, after all, symbols of our struggle against the enemy’ Kyiv’s governer said.

‘These images are, after all, symbols of our struggle against the enemy,’ Oleksiy Kuleba said

Police arrest a group of individuals who attempted to slice the mural off a war-damaged wall in the city of Hostomel.

A group of people tried to take a mural by graffiti artist Banksy in Ukraine on Friday by cutting it off a battle-scarred wall where it was painted, the governor of Kyiv region said.

Reports suggest that those who took it have been caught