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Born 1974? • Bristol? • England
Notable Works Dismaland • “Exit Through the Gift Shop” • “Girl with Balloon” • “Snorting Copper” • “The Flower Thrower” • Walled Off Hotel

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Banksy: Girl with Balloon
Banksy: Snorting Copper
Banksy: Well Hung Lover
Banksy: Clacton-on-Sea mural
Banksy: Dismaland
Banksy: Dismaland
Banksy: The Flower Thrower
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Tracey Emin sits on the floor in front of her installation My Bed, which features an unmade bed surrounded by personal items, on display at Christie's in London.
Tracey Emin
British artist
Maurizio Cattelan: Mini-Me
Maurizio Cattelan
Italian artist
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist
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Zhang Huan
Chinese artist
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Tino Sehgal
British-born artist
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Richard Wright
British artist
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Alasdair Gray
Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Titian: Venus of Urbino
Titian
Italian painter
Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
Italian painter
Tintoretto: Last Supper
Tintoretto
Italian painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Painting by Claude Monet, Self-portrait in Beret, 1886, showing Monet with a full beard, dark beret, and coat against a light, textured background.
Claude Monet
French painter
Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
Italian painter
Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter
Masaccio: Holy Trinity
Masaccio
Italian painter
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian artist
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist

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