Preserving Banksy: public art database to document the UK’s murals
about 8 months ago (02/09/2024)
Preserving Banksy: public art database to document the UK’s murals Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art UK news Preserving Banksy: public art database to document the UK’s murals The project, backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will also capture many of Northern Ireland's politically charged street art works Gareth Harris 9 February 2024 Share Banksy's Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol (2021) is one of the works already documented on Art UK's database © the artist, courtesy of Pest Control Office, 2022. Photo credit: Bob Cassey / Art UK More than 5,000 murals across the UK will be digitally recorded as part of an ambitious new initiative led by the art education charity, Art UK, which will add the street art works to its free public database. Some of Banksy’s works, which are dotted around the country in locations such as Brighton and Bristol, are due to be included (the Art UK database already incorporates some of the elusive street artist’s work including 2021's Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol which shows an inmate escaping from the now defunct prison).