Banksy painting

Banksy painting

This Banksy mural of a man scrubbing his back in a bathtub appeared in 2022 on a wall of a destroyed building in the Ukrainian village of Horenka. The mural piqued the interest of a Reuters journalist, setting off an effort to identify and understand the elusive artist. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

In search of Banksy

The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown...

Banksy's Game Changer is seen on display at Christie's London ahead of auction, in London, Britain March 16, 2021, in this still image obtained from a video. REUTERS TVvia REUTERS

Banksy's tribute to health workers sells for record $20m at auction