Banksy: The Legendary Street Artist’s Most Baffling Secrets Finally Revealed!
The Stolen Dreams
Banksy’s works are like gold dust, vanishing as quickly as they appear. A striking example is the conviction of eight men for stealing a Banksy artwork from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
This artwork, a mural of a veiled, mournful woman, was a tribute to the 2015 terrorist attack victims at the Bataclan. The artwork was removed in January 2019 and later recovered from an Italian farmhouse attic in June 2020. The theft of this painting, a symbol of remembrance, evoked deep indignation.
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