Lost Banksy piece sprayed in Palestine reappears in Tel Aviv gallery
The removal of Slingshot Rat has sparked debate over the legality of taking cultural artefacts from occupied land
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The removal of Slingshot Rat has sparked debate over the legality of taking cultural artefacts from occupied land
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AP) – A long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in a swank art gallery in downtown Tel Aviv, an hour’s drive and a world away from the concrete wall in the occupied West Bank where it was initially sprayed. The relocation of the painting – which depicts a […]
A long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in a swank art gallery in downtown Tel Aviv.
A painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in an art gallery in Tel Aviv, an hour’s drive away from the concrete wall in the occupied West Bank where it was initially sprayed.
The relocation of the painting — a slingshot-toting rat and likely intended to protest the Israel occupation — raises ethical questions about the removal of artwork from occupied territory.