Controversial Banksy artwork to be sold by UK government

Controversial Banksy artwork to be sold by UK government

The mural depicts two children clinging to an inflatable dinghy near a distracted adult.

Banksy and Protest Rights: The View from The Robing Room

As I sauntered from the Old Bailey past the RCJ the Banksy painting caricaturing a judge attacking a protester was no longer even a ghostly shadow, but it very much remains in the public domain, after reports emerged that it had been reported as criminal damage. On September 25, on Old Brompton Road, a comprehensive exhibition of Banksy’s work opened, which brazenly included the mural stencilled onto a different surface. This raised all sorts of…