Guerrilla street artist Banksy’s identity finally revealed
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Before he was definitively IDed, these were the leading suspects in the mysterious case of the international tagger.
These are the only known pictures of Banksy — the elusive artist who was recently unmasked as Robin Gunningham, 52, from Bristol in the UK. The most recent image — taken nearly 20 years ago — emerged after he had a falling out with a photographer,
Fresh clues revive a famous mystery, leaving some fans unconvinced and intensely curious.
A Reuters report shared the alleged identity of the famed and mysterious British street artist
The report’s authors say they have also disproven the theory that Banksy was really musician Robert Del Naja, frontman of famed Bristol group Massive Attack.
An investigation by Reuters, which says it has identified the street artist, hinges on a police report from his arrest in New York two decades ago.
A lawyer for Banksy, the graffiti artist who has maintained his anonymity for decades, responded to an investigative report naming his identity as Robin Gunningham (a.k.a. David Jones).