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The Mystery Man Behind the Internet-Famous Cookie Monster Mural Says He Will Auction the Original Drawing for Charity Will Fake Nate become the Midwest Banksy? Has he already? This image was tweeted at midnight on Wednesday morning by @Arterrorizm, publicizing a Christmas Day charity auction. On Christmas Day, an artwork that has been at the center of one of the year’s greatest art mysteries will go on the auction block. It’s the capstone to a saga that has gripped a nation. A mural based o...

Mysterious stranger poses as Illinois building owner to commission Soviet-style Cookie Monster mural Joshua Hawkins still has no idea who hired him to paint a mural of the Cookie Monster on a commercial building in Peoria, Ill. — but it sure wasnt the owner. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Dec 09, 2020 6:05 PM ET | Last Updated: December 9, 2020 This Cookie Monster mural was only up for three days in Peoria, Ill., before the buildings real owner painted it over. (Christian Rory Meredith...

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Cookie Monster Mural Puzzles Artist and Enrages Property Owner A man claiming to be a property owner in Peoria, Ill., wanted a Soviet-style mural of Cookie Monster. The artist who did the job now says he was tricked (and paid) by an impostor. The artist Joshua Hawkins said it took 10 people to complete the mural in Peoria, Ill., over Thanksgiving weekend.Credit...Joshua Hawkins Dec. 16, 2020 Joshua Hawkins said the request seemed “pretty weird,” but the dark-haired man who made it was offer...

Courtesy Joshua Hawkins. An unassuming Illinois city has become the site of a captivating art mystery. And this one has nothing to do with monoliths. At the center of the drama is the question of who paid local artist Joshua Hawkins to paint a Soviet art-style mural depicting Cookie Monster on the side of a building while posing as the building’s owner, a man named Nate Comte. Since the actual (and enraged) Nate Comte discovered the prank and whitewashed the mural, the wall where it stood has...