UK Public Art Database Will Digitally Record More Than 5,000 Murals, Including Works By Banksy
about 3 months ago (02/09/2024)
UK Public Art Database Will Record More Than 5,000 Murals Skip to main content By Karen K. Ho Plus Icon Karen K. Ho Senior Writer, ARTnews View All February 9, 2024 3:30pm Banksy's Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol (2021) is already in Art UK's database mural. Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images Approximately 5,000 murals across the UK will be recorded, photographed, and added to a free public database as part of a three-year-initiative by the art education charity, Art UK. The announcement from Art UK, made on February 6 , said that the murals documented by volunteer researchers and photographers will include a large number of painted works, as well as sculptural murals made of concrete, brick, wood, stone, tile, and other materials.