'A Banksy painting that appeared on a public toilet block in east London, only to disappear after it was vandalised, spray-jetted by the local council and then painted over, has been rediscovered over a decade later.
Known as the Snorting Copper and considered an exemplary image by the elusive graffiti artist, it shows a uniformed policeman on his hands and knees snorting a line of cocaine.
Banksy stencil soars past Hay Wain as UK's favourite work of art
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Although the painting has been valued for insurance purposes at £1.25m, Jonathan Ellis and David Kyte, who uncovered the painting after they bought the disused site, say they have no intention of selling it. Instead, they are restoring it and will return it to its original site in Shoreditch, Hackney, so that the general public can see it. The unveiling will take place on 5 October.
“It’s an amazing piece,” Ellis told the Guardian. “We’ve had offers to sell it. But we want to put it back. We think that’s the right thing to do for the public to enjoy it. I’m proud to be able to do something like that.”'
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/aug/18/banksys-snorting-copper-east-london
Gj art anon.
>>169601
There's a bunch of banksy pictures in my city and nobody cares, who the fuck do I contact to sell one of these for a million dollars.
>>169672
Damien Hirst
>>169601
>will return it to its original site
So it can be vandalized again?
>>169601
How does Banksy do these without ever being seen?
The painting is so fucking racist its obvious
They put a white cross in front of it and then put a Black Female Officer in a Doggy Style Pose?
This is of course in London, and is as KKK as you can get......since when has Banksy become a ProudBoy or a BritFistFag?
>>171988
not even good bait
>>169601
Literally any hack can spray paint a stencil. Banksy is a hand-rubbing fraud and not a graffiti artist
>>171988
>racist
>black female
It's all grey and the officer looks completely androgenous, what the fuck are you talking about?
>>174643
>Literally any hack can type in a keyboard. (You) are a cockjerking fag and not a critic.
>>174735
you're correct, I highly doubt this poster considers himself to be a serious art critic. What's your point?