Banksy has been busy recently with his new pieces on the streets last weekend and today this piece called “Cardinal Sin” at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool:

“The piece, made in response to the child abuse scandals that the church seems to be known for these days, features a face taken off and replaced by blank bathroom tiles. Banksy noted in a statement, “I’m never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one.” The sculpture sits next to religious works dated from the 17th Century.”

Thanks to Juxtapoz for the heads up.

More new Banksy…This one’s on East India Dock Road, but rumour has it that it’s gone already.

There’s been an update on the official Banksy website, and for those of you missed the new pieces put up over the weekend, here’s the one on the side of The National Gallery

A new Banksy has popped up in Liverpool – what do you think?

Thanks to Unurth for the heads up and images: The Lonely Villein

Banksy gave a gift to the Occupy London movement outside St Paul’s Cathedral to show support for their protest against the green and corruption of the corporations. The piece comes in the form of Rich Uncle Pennybags looking for a handout on top of a large Monopoly board.

Photo by Jason Reeve

Source: Demotix

Author and journalist Marc Leverton has collected stories about the artist, mostly revolving around his hometown of Bristol, and Marc has spent  3 years to get all the material onto paper.

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The show aired on Saturday on Channel 4 and for our readers that didn’t catch it, you can peep the show in the video above. A TV special charting the history of public disorder…

With the recent rioting in London, could the timing for a TV special from Banksy be any better or worse? Charting the history of public disorder, Channel 4 will be showing “The Antics Roadshow” this Saturday at 10.45pm.

The show is an hour-long special produced by Banksy charting the history of behaving badly in public, from anarchists and activists to attention seeking eccentrics. Contributors include Michael Fagan talking about breaking into the Queen’s bedroom: ‘I looked into her eyes, they were dark’; and Noel Godin, who pioneered attacking celebrities with custard pies: ‘Instead of a bullet I give them a cake’.

Banksy explains his reasoning behind the show: ‘Basically I just thought it was a good name for a TV programme and I’ve been working back from there’.

Narrated by Kathy Burke and produced by Jamie D’cruz, The Antics Roadshow examines the stories behind some of the most audacious stunts of recent times and what motivates the perpetrators, from mindless boredom to heartfelt political beliefs.

The show is also rumoured to include a world exclusive interview with the man responsible for putting the turf Mohican on Winston Churchill’s head.

via Nuart

Banksy has adorned the streets of London with a brand new piece and it’s marked as a tribute to Tox. For those of you who follow graffiti closely, then you’ll know that Tox has recently been convicted of criminal damage as he’s known as one of the capital’s most notorious taggers.

The new piece is located on the corner of Jeffrey’s Street and Kentish Town Road, NW1.

Banksy has also added another tribute on his site, this time to peace campaigner Brian Haw, who just died a few days ago. All images are from banksy.co.uk

Thanks to Miss Campos for the heads up on this!

At the end of the month Sotheby’s London will be auctioning a previously unseen piece of Banksy work title “Gas Mask Boy”.

The piece was created in 2010 and has approximate dimensions of 27″ by 39″. You may recall that there is a similar piece on a postcard that comes with the “Exit Through The Gif Shop” DVD. For those of you (and I’m sure there’s not that many) that can afford the estimate of £60,000 – £80,000.