Banksy's real name is...

I'm a little ashamed to say I've never heard of him, but a quite search and looking in that link, some of his work is incredibly good.
 
I love in the book how it basically laughs at you for buying it, and the police quote they got for it. "you arent getting any quote from us" or something like that.
Its nearly a surreal experience when you see a banksy on a wall in london and recognise it straight off as one of his pieces.
 
Heard about this yesterday.

Shame really, as it was always good when he was anonymous.
Yep, my thoughts too.

I don't see what benefit there is in naming him, so (assuming it hasn't just been made up by the press) they should've kept it quiet if they do know his identity.
 
I must have been within a meter of him once,

BBC news quotes:

But the artist is also renowned for his audacious stunts - such as leaving a life-size replica of a Guantanamo Bay detainee at Disneyland in 2006.

This was in the Californian one and I saw it happen.
 
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EDIT - NB - I just googled banksy and got these images. The newspaper is from 2004. Also his nickname makes sense as his real name is Robin.
 
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Excellent artist, anyone who says anything else is a 'tard. His political and social observations place his work any higher than any other crap modern artist
 
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