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Banksy unveils new art work in south London street
Banksy has unveiled a new piece of art work in south London which shows what looks like three planes on a traffic stop sign.
A selection of photos were uploaded to the artist’s Instagram page without a caption or explanation.
The work was installed at the intersection of Southampton Way and Commercial Way in Peckham, south London, close to a zebra crossing.
Banksy has installed some other pieces this year, including Valentine’s Day Mascara, a mural weighing 3.8 tonnes, which appeared on the side of a house in Margate, Kent, on Valentine’s Day.
West Sussex County Council has included the project in its infrastructure improvement plans for Worthing railway station.
The project is part of the Railway Approach partnership scheme, which is part of the Worthing Growth deal, a five-year partnership with West Sussex County Council and Worthing Borough Council.
The scheme has successfully upgraded the front of the station, with improved walking and cycling access and newly planted green areas, to enhance accessibility and safety.
Read More: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24958060.community-art-project-launched-enhance-worthing-station/
A Banksy artwork on the shutters of London Zoo has been removed for “safekeeping” and to allow the attraction to use its full entrance during the summer period.
The piece, which shows a gorilla lifting the shutter to release a sea lion and birds, has been replaced with a replica.
A sign nearby now reads “Banksy woz ere” and offers an apology to disappointed fans of the street artist.
Read More: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/london-zoo-removes-bansky-safekeeping-160602916.html
On August 5, the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, fled the country, ending her 15-year rule, and the army named a caretaker government to be led by economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus. Over the past several weeks, Bangladeshi students have been met with a deadly government crackdown on rallies against the civil service job quota system. Faced with nationwide curfews and media blackouts, artists stepped up to document the political upheaval and further organize protests, with various cultural institutes voicing their support for the demonstrations.
The protests began in early July after a High Court reinstated a 30 percent quota earmarked for descendants of freedom fighters who were involved in the nation’s 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. (Amid rampant unemployment, the system has long been criticized for favoring supporters of Hasina’s party, the Awami League, to the exclusion of other qualified candidates.) As a result of the government’s violent response to the initially peaceful movement, several student leaders were detained while 300 people were killed, including nearly 100 during the first weekend of August.
