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The Banksy mural in 2012 on a wall in Wood Green, north London, left, and the same wall after it went missing, right

No Ball Games: Anger as another Banksy removed from north London wall

The company who sold the Banksy mural "Slave Labour" have prompted further outcry after a second well-loved artwork was removed from a north London wall yesterday to be put up for auction commercially.

Cosmo Sarson's breakdancing Jesus in Bristol

Municipal art: Jesus Christ, that mural is enormous! Breakdancing Messiah takes Bristol by storm

The city of Bristol boasts a striking new landmark after the unveiling of a giant mural depicting a breakdancing Jesus Christ.

The News Matrix: Tuesday 4 June 2013

Anti-extremism measures planned

Paperback review: Banksy, The Man Behind the Wall, By Will Ellsworth-Jones

Let us spray: painting a portrait of graffiti's man of mystery

I Wish, by Bambi

Bambi: Introducing the female Banksy

In the world of street art, Bambi has it all: critical acclaim, celebrity clients ranging from Brad Pitt to Adele, and a stencil of Amy Winehouse on the street in Camden that's considered to be so culturally important, it is now preserved under a fine layer of plastic. She has achieved this by projecting a distinctly female voice into the male-dominated world of urban etchings.

A variation of a poster for ‘The Magnificent Seven'

The proof that football truly is an art form: The Sussex club building a cult following with its matchday posters

Non-league football is not generally considered a hotbed of artistic creativity. But one East Sussex club is building a cult following with matchday posters that draw on iconic images from Soviet propaganda and graffiti to Sex Pistols albums and Hitchcock films. 

'Lost' Banksy is withdrawn from auction

Mystery deepens over work that disappeared from Poundland wall

Diamonds are every urban art guerilla's best friends

Banksy's latest has been torn off the wall of a Poundland and offered for sale in Miami

Anger as Banksy's Poundland mural ripped from wall and set for auction in Miami for £450,000

A stencil by guerrilla street artist Banksy which appeared just before the Queen's Diamond Jubilee has disappeared from a wall in North London and is being auctioned in Miami for as much as £450,000.

The winning contribution could be aired at the beginning of next season's finale in May 2013

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Simpsons fans can now submit 'couch gags' for the show's opening credits. It's the best seat in the house

Nelson Street has been transformed by artists who have gathered from all over the world

Banksy's Bristol pens a love letter to the spray can

Police in Bristol were presumably warned that the gangs of graffiti artists descending on the city had been invited to the home of Banksy for Europe's biggest street art festival.

Mr Brainwash: Banksy's street-art protégé and his latest brainwave

The master of hype arrives in London for a blockbuster new show. Matilda Battersby meets him

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Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
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The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
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Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
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Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
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Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
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