So your property has been 'Banksy-ed.' Now what?
While some property owners try to turn a profit from the street artist's murals, others have carried the intense and costly responsibility of protecting them.
by Rebecca Rosman
Apr 29, 2024
3 minutes
BRISTOL, ENGLAND - What do you do if you find Banksy has paid a visit to your property?
It's a question Dennis Stinchcombe found himself asking about 10 years ago after a strange piece of art had appeared overnight on a wall outside of Broad Plain, a youth center he runs on the outskirts of Bristol.
"[My son] called me up and said, 'Dad, you're not going to believe this, but I think there's a Banksy on the wall,'" the 68-year-old Stinchcombe remembers.
The piece was called Mobile Lovers.
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