Full list of Banksy’s most famous work from kissing cops to shredded painting

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Full list of Banksy’s most famous work from kissing cops to shredded painting
Full list of Banksy’s most famous work from kissing cops to shredded painting

HIS work is splashed across the world, appearing everywhere from Bethlehem to Bristol.

Now, graffiti master Banksy has another mural for us to ponder.

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The new Banksy titled Valentine's Day Mascara has appeared in MargateCredit: Reuters

The mysterious artist's latest venture has popped up on the coastal holiday town of Margate in Kent, where a 1950s housewife in an apron and washing-up gloves is seen pushing a man into a freezer.

The piece - titled Valentine's Day Mascara by the elusive artist - highlights the issue of violence against women.

Banksy's never-waning intrigue mean that people are always eager to see his revolutionary work in the flesh.

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Banksy is believed to hail from Bristol, but some of his most iconic artwork has been spotted across the UK from Liverpool and London to Birmingham and Hull.

Love Plane - Liverpool

Love Plane depicts a biplane drawing a heart with its trail
Love Plane depicts a biplane drawing a heart with its trailCredit: Alamy

The Love Plane first appeared on the Western Approaches on Rumford Street in Liverpool in 2011, but it was then removed in 2016 to be featured in a street art museum.

When the museum never materialised, the beloved biplane painting was returned to the city centre in February 2019 with the addition of a tag reading: "I'm back".

The Well Hung Lover - Bristol

The mural has been defaced twice by the public
The mural has been defaced twice by the publicCredit: Alamy

This work depicts a naked man hanging from a windowsill by his right arm with his left arm covering his genitals.

It appeared on the side of a sexual health clinic in Banksy's supposed hometown of Bristol in 2006.

It became the first legal street art in the UK after 97 per cent of respondents to a council poll said they wanted the lewd mural to stay.

Kissing Coppers - Brighton

Kissing Coppers has become a cultural staple in Brighton
Kissing Coppers has become a cultural staple in BrightonCredit: PA

Kissing Coppers was originally unveiled on the wall of the Prince Albert Pub in Brighton in 2004.

The location of the work was a nod to the city's thriving LGBT community.

Due to consistent vandalism the owner of the Prince Albert had the design removed and transferred to canvas.

It was replaced with a replica in 2008.

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The Mild Mild West - Bristol

Banksy drew The Mild Mild West in broad daylight
Banksy drew The Mild Mild West in broad daylightCredit: Alamy

The Mild Mild West, showing a Molotov cocktail-wielding teddy bear, was painted in broad daylight over three days in 1999.

Efforts from police to shut down unlicensed raves during the 1990s catalysed the work.

The Girl with the Pierced Eardrum - Bristol

Banksy painted Girl with the Pierced Eardrum in 2014
Banksy painted Girl with the Pierced Eardrum in 2014Credit: Alamy

This is Banksy's homage to Johannes Vermeer’s 1665 masterpiece Girl with a Pearl Earring.

The pearl earring has been replaced with an ADT alarm box.

The mural was in the news again when a giant face mask appeared on the painting in April 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Art Buff - Folkestone

Art Buff was created in 2014
Art Buff was created in 2014Credit: PA:Press Association

Art Buff portrays a woman wearing headphones and staring at a plinth, upon which rests a patch of what seems to be a painted-out graffiti.

The name of the piece is a play on words, “buff” being a slang term for the painting over graffiti.

Reindeer mural - Birmingham

Banksy – Homeless man with reindeer, Birmingham
Banksy – Homeless man with reindeer, BirminghamCredit: Banksy

Banksy's reindeer mural appeared in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter in December 2019.

A protective screen was put up in front of the painting after red noses were painted on to the original.

Draw the Raised Bridge - Hull

Draw the Raised Bridge appeared on Hull's Scott Street
Draw the Raised Bridge appeared on Hull's Scott StreetCredit: Banksy

Draw the Raised Bridge appeared on the disused Scott Street Bridge over the River Hull in January 2018.

Some have theorised that this work could refer to the “Siege of Hull” in 1642 when King Charles I was refused to enter Hull by Sir John Hotham and the Parliament.

Tesco sandcastle mural - St. Leonards-on-Sea

This work by Banksy on St Leonard’s seafront now has a protective cover on it
This work by Banksy on St Leonard’s seafront now has a protective cover on itCredit: Alamy

This 2010 mural appeared on the back of a staircase leading down to the beach in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.

Banksy has used Tesco branding in several different artworks over the years, including on a picture of a petrol bomb in 2011.

It's claimed the artwork has led house prices to shoot up - with properties selling for up to three times more than they were previously valued at.

Designated Graffiti Area - London

Designated Graffiti Area street art by Banksy on Rivington Street, London, UK
Designated Graffiti Area street art by Banksy on Rivington Street, London, UKCredit: Alamy

Banksy's humourous Designated Graffiti Area is located in the courtyard of the nightclub Cargo on Rivington Street in Hackney.

Another of his works showing a dog with a bazooka called His Master's Voice is in the same place.


From this moment despair ends and tactics begin - London

The mural is in reference to environmental movement Extinction Rebellion
The mural is in reference to environmental movement Extinction RebellionCredit: Alamy

This mural, referring to Extinction Rebellion, appeared near Marble Arch in April 2019 after the protest group's camp on the site was cleared.

The slogan is a quotation from The Revolution of Everyday Life by the Situationist philosopher Raoul Vaneigem.

Snorting Copper - London

Snorting Copper was greeted is one of many of Banksy's murals which has been vandalised
Snorting Copper was greeted is one of many of Banksy's murals which has been vandalisedCredit: Alamy

The mural of a police officer snorting cocaine first appeared on the side of a public toilet on Curtain Road in Hackney in 2005.

This artwork had been vandalised but has been brought back after a lengthy and tricky restoration, on the very same location, on Curtain Road at the Waterloo Station in London.

Banksy/Basquiat mural - London

Banksy/Basquiat mural at the Barbican
Banksy/Basquiat mural at the BarbicanCredit: Alamy

Two murals appeared by the Barbican in 2017 during an exhibition of Basquiat's work.

Basquiat is a famous American street artist to whom Banksy was paying tribute.

Writing on Instagram, he said: "Major new Basquiat show opens at the Barbican – a place that is normally very keen to clean any graffiti from its walls.”

Louis Regan

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