Banksy’s final work in animal art trail appears on London Zoo gates | BBC News

[@SinclairPoppins]

I think it’s nice that they are preserving it.

[@WhiteMFingRabbit]

Banksy: I'll put a graffiti on the gates of the zoo showing the imprisoned animals escaping to freedom Zoo: We can monetize that and bring even more people to see the imprisoned animals...

[@banksiasong]

We all need more happiness around us during these dreadful times.

[@pommesschale5440]

Thank you banksy for bringing back some joy to London!

[@itachiofthesharingan67]

this is very disrespectful to the black community

[@pommesschale5440]

@@itachiofthesharingan67 What are you refering to?

[@anonymoust2877]

@@pommesschale5440don’t engage with the troll

[@headhunter_4209]

It's wild how people treat Banksy like some untouchable art god while calling everyone else's graffiti "vandalism." The hypocrisy is glaring. Banksy gets hailed as a genius for doing the exact same thing countless others get fined or arrested for. It's not about the art-it's about who gets to break the rules and who doesn't. If you love Banksy's work, then you should appreciate the raw, unfiltered expression of every street artist, not just the ones who’ve become famous. Otherwise, it's just elitism wrapped in street cred.

[@JamesBalmforth]

Well said.

[@michaelfisher7170]

how do we know Banksy doesn't support graffitti vandalism?

[@teddyanarchist1162]

Are we really going to pretend the shit kids spray all over the walls Is art?

[@JamesBalmforth]

@@teddyanarchist1162 But if a stencil is used it's ok is it?

[@John-k6f9k]

People just like the mystery of it. If people knew who Banksy was nobody would care that much. He's like the graffiti version of Jack The Ripper.

[@Annie-wz6sd]

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[@reezdog]

Dont they have a security camera?

[@jaygray7102]

what would they show? other than an anonymous figure creating a mural

[@jason4275]

​@@jaygray7102no way he works alone he would need lookouts.

[@BenLaws-m9j]

@@jaygray7102his identity was revealed ages ago. Plus this sounds like a commissioned piece.

[@jaygray7102]

@@jason4275 who would be just as recognizable on surveillance cameras. he's (it's a he?) probably got a good idea of where cameras are, he might even have someone on the 'inside' helping him avoid camera detection...all adds to the mystery. love it.

[@StandardLz]

the normal person would get arrested for vandalism

[@michaelfisher7170]

how often does that really happen though?

[@wookrott4890]

I'm pretty sure it's trying to mate as this would point out rhinos going extinct and desperately trying to find a mate in a human world!!😢

[@jamesscott3022]

They need to take that shutter off before someone else does

[@JeffreyGoddin]

Poor maintenance guys come in and are like "You want me to what? Protect sprayed art on a rolling shutter door? Yeah okay..."

[@narrativequestion]

silliness.

[@espacemaxim]

That's some deep stuff Banksy 🤣

[@iamdmc]

guess Banksy got bored and decided to paint with a few stencils meanwhile the BBC lose their mind about it

[@ericbrouet]

😂. Typical BBC idiots

[@loricrane5315]

I'm delighted with it❤

[@aprilbrown0413]

Imagine, if only we could paint the world a better place. At least Banksy's work is bringing people together, if only for a moment they gather together with new life and excitement at what they've found all sharing that moment. Life keeps us way too busy and is far too demanding of us. I totally understand why the lost boys never wanted to grow up. As grown ups we tend to lose that excitement for life weighed down by what's expected of us. I hope Banksy keeps creating what inspires their art. If we could only see like children again we'd find the joy in life that's often hard to find. Hope was never lost and found, it has always been around.

[@HappyNewphone]

Setting the captives free🤔

[@KIMHY79]

Nice mural!

[@jeffkent6886]

If Banksy hasn't made a statement, how do they know this is the 9th and final image?? Also, I would assume this is a comment about keeping animals in captivity and how they should be given their freedom. Zoo managers must have been sweating whether to hide/remove it or preserve it.

[@michaelgonzalez2656]

He’s putting in work

[@ConfederateCyberDefenseForce]

This is the parade I was looking for

[@stardust4987]

Love his work.

[@public.public]

Other people commit vandalism on this scale they get arrested and charged. So why not the Banksy gang ? The police really are incompetent.

[@michaelfisher7170]

no one is gonna complain if a Baksy is left on their property. lol.

[@user-hg4yd1cx6e]

He is famous,that's why

[@flyagaric23]

Its a thin line between preservation and obscura.Just cut 1 big piece of perspex out...whaaa? and whats with the blue ooze glue stuff?

[@wookrott4890]

Im pretty sure these pieces are a call to not cage wild animals hence the other pieces are the already escaped animals and the gorrilla is freeing the last of them hence the message is all life should live free and not in cages to be gawked at!!😅

[@housinauthority5258]

So Banksy has created 8 pieces across the city with the most CCTV in the world and nobody knows his identity? I call BS

[@qz9720]

Yeah starting to think it’s a group of people

[@TC8787-yq7og]

It’s most likely Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack but the more important thing is the artistic message

[@michaelfisher7170]

lol of course it is. people want the prestige of having a Banksy on their property. they're not gonna stop it or complain.

[@davidmee7239]

He posts all of this on social media. All they,ve got to do is get his IP address then you'll have his address then you'll have his name. they don't want to do this because it'll ruin the mystique that surrounds this guy. If this was anybody else daubing on public property it'll be called vandalism but when he does it it's called 'works of art'. I don't get it.

[@stevo3938]

@@davidmee7239I’m sure Banksy (Robin Gunningham) knows about vpn.

[@mdx7460]

Don’t understand it. Why is there no footage anywhere of him graffitiing over the many years? Surely in this day and age, phones in everybody’s pockets, somebody must of seen something and recorded? Or you know CCTV!? Something just doesn’t add up about it.

[@jason4275]

The government has always been on it, protecting him, if he tried that crap in the US and he would be in jail.

[@ThisiswhyWecanthavenicethings]

ya cus riots are happening and he is taking advantage of the situation

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

And it is a dreadful conspiracy to hide... what? The artist's identity? Ever considered that the guy deliberately chooses places where there are not security cameras and waits until there are nobody around? Also, those are stencils, not paintings. He makes the cut-outs safely at home, and later he goes to the chosen place, fixes the stencil, sprays it quickly, removes the stencil, and leaves. Next day, surprise.

[@mdx7460]

@@MariaMartinez-researcher I’m just genuinely baffled how after so many years, active since the 90s, apparently nobody has even caught a glimpse of him in the act.

[@headhunter_4209]

@@mdx7460 Robin Gunningham we know who he is but he's idolised as the rest of the community is criminalised it's elitism

[@clairesummerbellmusic8821]

I love Banksy ❤

[@chrysanthi_]

"Splattering"? Nice choice of words I guess

[@asmallsectionoflife]

Very cool!

[@BlackSwan-qj8qs]

love, love, love Banksy!

[@NailahRoberts]

It's stencils so who's to say Banksy spray painted it? He could have just designed the stencils and have them to various people in his team (younger)

[@Barnaby_bo]

Thats amazing.

[@tonysherwood9619]

Plebs only interested in the money rather than the meaning!

[@glenrich-uu9zr]

A master piece should be painted on the some landmark, it is wasted on the gate that is hard to preserve.

[@shanecoleman7114]

Well, now that chunk of building is worth 50+ million 😂😅 they'll cut it out for sure. The cost to replace it is pennies compared to its value now lol.

[@paulstone3590]

Banksy art is not special anymore to me. Its just interesting. It's just his name that attracts attention now.

[@markgillan3750]

Mark v

[@securityrobot]

The BBC breaking their guidelines regarding product placement, the reporter using the word ‘Perspex’ instead of Acrylic sheet.

[@mr.chuckleteeth4382]

Take it sell it and give the money to the animals

[@the_luna_lily6234]

Whether they sell it, or just use it as an attraction But I feel selling it, and immediately making a single lump of money, I’d be worried it won’t all go to the correct place But if it increases ticket sales, it’s more likely to have money go to the animals

[@mr.chuckleteeth4382]

@@the_luna_lily6234 true! Good point.

[@nikr1d3r32]

Yes, I’m sure the giraffe will be very pleased with its £250 portion of the money 😂

[@housinauthority5258]

What is driving the BBC's obsession with this rubbish?

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

I appreciate the ninjutsu. Can you imagine being that one old codger, "Spray paintin' is a crime!"?

[@ostias]

what made you think that it's a zoo ? London is a jungle right now. 😘

[@rhook88]

Ffs can’t we just ignore this guy. Stop giving him media attention and he’ll soon disappear

[@matthewst537]

Oh my god the next van go and Picasso

[@cahitcetin4194]

MR.MANOS STRİKES BACK

[@mytorment]

I reckon the goat and elephants and monkeys were Banksy with some new carbon photo metalic printing techniques, that's not him.at the zoo, duh

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Junk graffiti.

[@Satans_lil_helper]

Nice! 😂

[@TheVeganiz3r]

Tell me you didn't get the message without telling me you didn't get the message!!! (smh)

[@lvseka]

So some graffiti are worth preserving and others aren’t

[@tomnguyen1045]

silly

[@マサ-f6x]

gozira😮

[@dazz9268]

Seriously....Banksy is the guy from MASSIVE ATTACK....right? American here. Just asking. 🤔

[@mytorment]

Animals do better than zoo

[@Roberto-nj5yr]

Gay artwork for gay people.

[@michaelfisher7170]

wow you really had to dig deep to pull that thought up didn't you Skipper?

[@alisonlevity]

Zoos are mostly animal prisons, animals should not be gawked at in tiny cages. Look up sanctuaries as a model which actually serves and protects animals. I saw loud dance parties at the LA zoo nearby pacing big cats, elephants, monkeys. People dont actually care about animals.

[@kitana4753]

Why are you all taking down great work of art, there are so many shitty graffiti everywhere else, take them down first.

[@narrativequestion]

my daughter could do better

[@defendandprotect-om5hv]

​@@narrativequestion Have at it then. Show us.

[@narrativequestion]

@@defendandprotect-om5hv stay safe.

[@rebekahlittle2131]

❤

[@stevenmcghee5990]

all the fuss over a gloryfied graffeti artist get a grip they ar'nt even good.

[@tonys1636]

Nor are L S Lowry's technically good but sell for fortunes. It's what is depicted and the representation that makes them valuable. Unusual for a still living and producing artist's work to have value.

[@hermeticupanishad]

The Profits 📈 ♥️

[@joshnicholson2934]

Who cares

[@mytorment]

Snot Banksy

[@TGNWR98UD]

Arrest him. Rubbish non - artist.

[@mytorment]

They're not Banksy, they're kinda crap

Starmer should be out we are don't want to him

[@sussybaka8732]

bbc news an c17 crashed in flight radar possibly an flight radar error

[@jimferry6539]

I created the howling wolf silhouette for clip art about 15 years ago, it was then stolen by a company making stencils for pumpkin carving kits and then stolen again by banksy and then stolen again by masked thieves. 😅 crazy world we’re living in

[@TheSpeartip]

"And isn't Ironic don't you think" Sweep it under the rug, I'd go as far as saying Bansky is delivering what some would say is a Far Right message Anti authoritarian may be. And the poor sods got the midas touch 😢

[@misn350]

誰が描いても　落書きに変わりは無い おかしな世の中ね？

[@user-fed-yum]

🥱

[@KIRRAH1]

Great work and btw tell this sucker who was talking bs about graffiti to go hide himself lol

[@richatlarge462]

If it's on someone else's property without permission, it's both art and graffiti at the same time, and the property owner can choose to leave it or paint over it.

[@TonyG-z4t]

They must know who Banksy really is...they always know where to send the money!

[@wildandbarefoot]

ROCK ON BANKSY! Thanks dude. Love Art, hate Avarice.

[@QuQlllsky]

ほほほほほ

[@user-nj4xw7lr9r]

OT!!! Benny Hill considered funnier than Monty Python by two TV stations --WOR and WLVI!

[@anthonymcnamee6297]

Copies Le Rat original artist

[@swicer]

Goat

[@artfasil]

Banksy is so lame.

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

Believing in Banksy is no different from believing in Santa Claus. The media is mocking you 🤡🤡🤡

[@davsdf1]

Hey BBC, buenos dias! I'd like to know if you've covered this problematic for British people? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpPFkIynaM6hoNUsi=et1-nkso8LNUnOBD Thanks, I hope you are unbiased as we the audience expect from a News Station. Una vez más, como audiencia esperamos una buena cobertura de un medio noticioso como el suyo; aunque quizás es mucho pedir en estos tiempos.

[@Annie-wz6sd]

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