Although many of Banksy's murals no longer exist in London due to damage or removal, you can still find a few if you know where to look. This post has images and locations of the Banksy artwork that you can still see in London as well as a few others that have since been removed.
Banksy is known for his rat murals, and not many of these exist. However, one of these does remain on Chiswell Street near the Barbican. The rat holds a tribute to Robbo, another graffiti artist that had a famous feud with Banksy in the early years. The rat is one of the finest earlier Banksy murals.
One wall at the entrance of Cargo bar and night club is "This wall is a designated graffiti area" with a policeman walking a poodle. This is one of the most prominent and looked-after murals in London, and if you go on a street art walk, you are sure to walk by this one.
One of Banksy's artworks that was not on a wall was on the window of this Triumph GT6. This car was painted pink and had a skeleton stencil painted in the window, which has since been removed.
Pollard Row in Bethnal Green contain the damaged remains of one of Banksy's murals, a yellow-line painter. A large yellow flower has been painted by another graffiti artist.
"Made You Look" in stenciled Scrabble blocks is located on an apartment building at the top of Portabello Road.
The Snorting Copper artwork was covered for awhile but then cleaned up after some renovation work on the wall here. The work is located on Curtain Road.
Jean-Michel Basquiat Barbican tributes are two of Banksy's newer murals, and it is located at the Barbican and placed on the wall to coincide with an exhibit on New York's grafitti artist in 2017.
Although never admitted by Banksy, this Extinction Rebellion Mural was credited as being his work. I don't think it is quite his style at all, but it is a similar style of his work, so I will include it. It appeared in the summer of 2019 at Marble Arch for the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations that took place here for a few weeks.
Here are some previous murals by Banksy that have since been removed.
"Helicopter" was located on Old Street at the junction of Great Eastern Street, but it had been blocked up. Renovation work taking place a few years ago revealed the artwork, which I was informed that had been sold and removed from the wall when the building was renovated.
Stencil Rat on Old Street was one of Banksy's earlier works, and it was revealed in 2019 when the walls of this building at the corner of Rivington and Old Street were being knocked down. The piece has been sold and removed.
"Les Miserables" in Kensington was placed upon boarding, and it has since been removed.
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