Crowds boo as sixth Banksy taken down just hours later

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw3ld0l5ewo

Crowds boo as sixth Banksy taken down just hours later

15 hours ago
Eve Watson, BBC News
PA Media, News agency

Crowds booed as a new Banksy artwork of a stretching cat on an empty, distressed billboard in north-west London was taken down just hours after being revealed.

The street artist posted a photo of the design on his Instagram on Saturday without any caption, marking the sixth in a series of animal-themed artworks over the last week.

The new Banksy appeared on Edgware Road in Cricklewood, with police taping off the path in front of the artwork as about 50 people gathered to take pictures, before they later saw it removed.

It followed the artwork of pelicans appearing to take fish from a chip shop sign, which emerged on Friday in Walthamstow, north-east London.



Banksy
The stretching big cat is the sixth Banksy to be spotted in London this week

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[Tetrachloride]

1. Repaint or not to repaint. There is no try

[underpants]

2. Banksy fascinates me

Not only do I like the work and the messages, the idea of logistically pulling this off blows my mind.

[Liberal In Texas]

3. It was taken down and saved by the billboard company.

The other Banksy's that have appeared recently are either being stolen or defaced. I can understand the theft, Banksys can be worth a lot of money.
Defaced just seems like vandalism.

A Banksy being stolen.