Banksy: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Revised top questions. Mar 25, 2026
Added discussion on his identity. Mar 18, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Who is Banksy? Everything we know about the anonymous artist. Apr 21, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 21, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Revised opening discussion and noted that the Walled-Off Hotel closed in 2023. Mar 19, 2024
Links added. Jul 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Art in Context - Banksy - The Life and Works of Anonymous Street Artist Banksy. Jul 04, 2023
Noted that the artwork Love Is in the Bin sold for $25 million in 2021. Oct 21, 2021
Noted that a number of his applications to register his work as a trademark were thrown out by the European Union's intellectual property office. Jun 23, 2021
Noted that Banksy's artwork garnered large sums at auctions in 2019 and 2020. Dec 17, 2020
Noted that Banksy's attempt to trademark his work was rejected in 2020. Oct 01, 2020
Added the Walled Off Hotel and Banksy's anti-Brexit mural. Jun 26, 2018
Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of Banksy. Mar 13, 2018
Media added. Aug 10, 2017
Changed "Bansky" to "Banksy." May 08, 2017
Add new Web site: Official Site of Banksy. Nov 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Banksy. Nov 28, 2016
Added information about Dismaland. Mar 22, 2016
Updated for the release of the film Exit Through the Gift Shop. Apr 23, 2010
New article added. Aug 17, 2009
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