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Feb 27, 2015Best of Banksy

Banksy, the man, the myth, the legend and the pseudonym of a British graffiti artist, political activist and painter visited Gaza to make a painting on the remains of a house that was probably destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer. The anonymous British street artist has also posted a mini-documentary showing squalid conditions in Gaza six months after the end of the war between the enclave's Islamist Hamas rulers and Israel. And this new recent work from Banksy was for us a reason to make a Best of Banksy gallery. More of Banksy can also be seen in this older TCP Gallery.

Palestinian girl looks on as a mural of a playful-looking kitten, presumably painted by British street artist Banksy, is seen on the remains of a house wall, in Biet Hano SUHAIB SALEM/REUTERS

A mural, presumably painted by British street artist Banksy, is seen on a wall in Biet Hanoun SUHAIB SALEM/REUTERS

Palestinians walk past a mural of a kitten, presumably painted by British street artist Banksy, on the remains of a house in Biet Hanoun SUHAIB SALEM/REUTERS

A mural of a kitten, presumably painted by British street artist Banksy, is seen on the remains of a house in Biet Hanoun SUHAIB SALEM/REUTERS

Visitors stand near a painting by British underground artist Banksy at an exhibition of his work titled "Barely Legal" at a warehouse in Los Angeles Fred Prouser/REUTERS

A man walks past a graffiti by British artist Banksy at Exmouth Market in London Luke MacGregor/REUTERS

A painting is seen on a wall in Portobello Road, west London Dylan Martinez/REUTERS

A woman walks past a painting in the Chinatown section of San Francisco Robert Galbraith/REUTERS

A couple sits on a rooftop featuring a painting in the Mission District of San Francisco Robert Galbraith/REUTERS

A woman walks past a drawing, believed to be the work of elusive British street artist Banksy, in the Mission District of San Francisco Robert Galbraith/REUTERS

A new work by British artist Banksy adorns a wall near the Canary Wharf financial district in London Finbarr O'Reilly/REUTERS

A dog urinates on a new work by British graffiti artist Bansky on West 24th street in New York City Mike Segar/REUTERS

Graffiti art is seen on a wall near the headquarters of Britain's eavesdropping agency, GCHQ, in Cheltenham, western England Eddie Keogh/REUTERS

A woman photographs herself with a piece of street art attributed to Banksy after it was defaced in an alleyway in Bristol Andrew Winning/REUTERS

Graffiti art is seen on a wall next to the Regent's Canal in Camden in London Luke MacGregor/REUTERS

Graffiti art is seen on a wall next to the Regent's Canal in Camden in London Luke MacGregor/REUTERS

A pedestrian passes graffiti art on a wall in north London Toby Melville/REUTERS

A Palestinian woman and her children walk past a drawing along controversial Israeli barrier in the ... Reuters Photographer/REUTERS

A Palestinian boy looks at one of six new images painted by British street artist Banksy as part of a Christmas exhibition in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Ammar Awad/REUTERS

An art aficionado takes a closer look at the creation "Napalm" by the artist Banksy at a gallery in New York Lucas Jackson/REUTERS

Art aficionado Abby Roter stands in front of an American flag near the creation "People Who Enjoy Waving Flags Don't Deserve To Have One" by the artist Banksy at a gallery in New York Lucas Jackson/REUTERS

An animatronic chicken watches two robot chicken nuggets in a window art installation in New York Lucas Jackson/REUTERS

A child poses for a photo under a new art piece by British graffiti artist Banksy in the Brooklyn borough of New York Carlo Allegri/REUTERS

A man jokingly poses with a new installation of British graffiti artist Banksy's art in New York Carlo Allegri/REUTERS

A rock formation by British graffiti artist Banksy is seen in the Queens borough of New York Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

A dancer poses with a new installation of art by British graffiti artist Banksy painted on the front door of the Hustler Club in New York ERIC THAYER/REUTERS

The newest art installation by British artist Banksy in the Coney Island area of New York City Brendan McDermid/REUTERS

Street graffiti by elusive graffiti artist Banksy is seen on a wall in central London Toby Melville/REUTERS

A wall painting of a young girl with a stick of dynamite in her ice cream is seen on display at the .. Peter MacDiarmid/Reuters

Cartoon images of policemen with wings and smiley faces hang in the Turf War exhibition by grafitti .. Peter MacDiarmid/Reuters

A Palestinian boy walks past a drawing by British graffiti artist Banksy, along part of the controve.. Ammar Awad/Reuters
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