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Where to go to see Banksy art around the world

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Banksy caused a stir in London on Monday with a new mural which many discerned to be a statement on environmental politics in the city.

The elusive British street artist has artwork back on the map for the first time since December after a tree mural appeared on the side of a building on Hornsey Road in Finsbury Park.

A green paint splash behind a cut-back tree with a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose to the side was officially claimed by Banksy in an uncaptioned Instagram post.

Since reaching notability in the late 1990s, Banksy has hosted exhibitions including the Bemusement Park in 2015, the in Bethlehem with “the worst view in the project in last year to officially display his art.

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