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Elusive artist Banksy confirms hes behind prison artwork in English town Toggle share menu Advertisement Elusive artist Banksy confirms hes behind prison artwork in English town The monochrome picture shows a man escaping using a rope made of paper from a typewriter. Banksy posted a video of him creating it on his Instagram account. An artwork bearing the hallmarks of street artist Banksy is seen on the side of Reading Prison in Reading, west of L...

Campaigners hope to turn former prison into arts venue

The Banksy mural on the wall of Reading Prison A collector who has bought dozens of Banksy murals claims he is not interested adding the “phenomenal” Reading artwork to his collection. The large mural, which shows a prisoner escaping with a typewriter on a rope made of bedsheets, appeared on the wall of Reading Prison this week. On March 4, the elusive street artist confirmed that he created the new mural, by posting a video on his verified Instagram page. The empty Grade II listed...

Banksy confirms he’s behind escaping prisoner artwork at Reading Prison Sean Morrison Street artistBanksy has claimed responsibility for a painting on the side of Reading Prison, which housed Oscar Wilde. The painting shows a prisoner - possibly resembling the famous playwright - escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter. It was officially confirmed as a Banksy on Thursday, when the elusive artist posted a video on his Instagram account. In the footage, told in...

Cult street artist Banksy has confirmed he’s behind the escaping prisoner artwork at Reading Prison in the U.K.

Banksy has painted an image of a prisoner escaping down the walls of Reading Prison using a ream of paper weighted by a typewriter, invoking the institutions most famous inmate—writer Oscar Wilde © REUTERS/Matthew Childs The British street artist Banksy has confirmed that he created a new work that appeared on Monday on the outside wall of Reading Prison, in Berkshire, England. The work shows an inmate dressed in a stripey black and white outfit lowering himself down the ...

Elusive street artist Banksy has claimed he's behind a new piece that appeared on the side of an ex-prison this week.

Council pushing to protect Create Escape

LONDON — Banksy appears to have thrown his support behind a campaign to turn a former prison in the English town of Reading into an arts venue, a town spokesman said on Thursday, after the street artist confirmed that artwork that appeared on a red brick wall of the prison was of his making. The […]

LONDON - Banksy appears to have thrown his support behind a campaign to turn a former prison in the English town of Reading into an arts venue, a town s...