Where to go to see Banksy art around the world

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Banksy caused a stir in London on Monday with a new mural which many discerned to be a statement on environmental politics in the city. The elusive British street artist has artwork back on the map for the first time since December after a tree mural appeared on the side of a building on Hornsey Road in Finsbury Park. A green paint splash behind a cut-back tree with a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose to the side was officially claimed by Banksy in an uncaptioned Instagram post. Since reaching notability in the late 1990s, Banksy has hosted exhibitions including the Dismaland “Bemusement Park” in 2015, the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem with “the worst view in the world” and a Cut & Run project in Glasgow last year to officially display his art. Though his work spans the continents with artistic stints in New York, Paris and Ukraine outside of the UK, galleries and building owners often take, auction or relocate the prized pieces to avoid vandalism and the appearance of most murals is fleeting. Several of the...