Pierre Flatt
Street Art UtopiaNew Banksy!
Royal Courts of Justice (1/2)
London
Royal Courts of Justice (1/2)
London
New Banksy!
Royal Courts of Justice (2/2)
London
Banksy at Royal Courts of Justice in London! - STREET ART UTOPIA
A new mural by Banksy was discovered on Monday on a building belonging to the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The artwork depicts a judge in a traditional white wig raising his gavel against a protester, who shields himself with a blood-smeared placard. According to British media, the mural is seen as a response […]
Kid Mania@streetartutopia
Naturally this incredible piece of art has been "concealed" by the Powers That Be.
Cos, by concealing it, this does not make people want to see it even more. I guess the next question is...Will They Destroy It...?
A multimillion dollar piece of art.
Concealed,
By the Government.
Because they don't like the message.
Well done, UK. Well done. (*slow clap*)
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Concealed Banksy artwork shows judge beating unarmed protester
https://www.perspectivemedia.com/concealed-banksy-artwork-shows-judge-beating-unarmed-protester/
Ret@clintruin @streetartutopia how long until our wonderful Labour government makes it illegal to share images of it online? Deemed "Harmful" under the Online "Safety" Act.
Dr David Mills@ret @clintruin @streetartutopia
So you hide all Lowry's paintings
For thirty years or more
'Cause he turned down a knighthood
And you must now settle the score
And the endless parade of old, Etonian scum
Line the front benches, "So what is to be done?"
All part of the same establishment
I ask you again, "What is to be done?"
I ask you again, "What is to be done?"
I ask you again, "What is to be done?"
-30 Year War, Manic Street Preachers.
Different artist, different reason, same reaction.
Nicole Parsons@ret @clintruin @streetartutopia
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuels-gaza-genocide
All political parties know who funds the purchase of Court decisions, a war on Ukraine, a Gaza genocide, a fascist orange dictator, & a frying planet.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/how-criminalisation-is-being-used-to-silence-climate-activists-across-the-world
The fossil fuel industry is going to extremes to keep its captive consumer markets.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/anti-protest-laws-fossil-fuel-lobby
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/study-fossil-fuel-industry-lobbying-anti-protest-bills/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/mountain-valley-pipeline-protest
Exposed: The Oil and Gas Giants Profiting Most From Israel's Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams
"The complicity of international corporations and governments in fueling Israel's war machine represents the latest chapter in a long history of fossil fuel companies enabling genocide and mass atrocities," said one campaigner.
John Robinson@clintruin @streetartutopia Well worth a repeat 😄
Mark Slater@streetartutopia
Rapidly covered up with sheeting and two guards stationed, lest the proles see it and get the message.
Rapidly covered up with sheeting and two guards stationed, lest the proles see it and get the message.
jerWas that passing barrister also a prole, mayhaps?
I don’t think the barristers are labouring (no pun) under any illusions regarding what’s happening.
But that particular barrister was obviously saying to his friend on the phone: "I will wield that mallet at those people at some point!"
To be fair, the judges adhere to what the law says but they don’t make the law per se, and there will be also barristers assigned (or volunteering) to defend those protesters being labelled as ‘terrorists’. The legal profession are not really the bad guys here.
Sarah W
Simon Zerafa (Status: 
😊)That will last about five minutes before it's removed.
Passwordsarehard4@simonzerafa @streetartutopia and sold off. I could see your government making millions off it. Unless I’m misunderstanding your laws they own it since it was on the side of thier property. Most banksies get removed and sold from what I’ve heard.
@passwordsarehard4 @streetartutopia
I doubt they will remove a section of the Royal Courts of Justice to see that artwork.
Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD@simonzerafa @passwordsarehard4 @streetartutopia Very unlikely that government would tear apart court building and sell artwork that they hate for people to see
@simonzerafa @streetartutopia I thought it was a plaster coating. Yeah, that’s stone block now that I zoom in. That ain’t going anywhere.
🔶Mark Nicoll 3.5%🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳@passwordsarehard4 @simonzerafa @streetartutopia
if it was removable the government wouldn't sell it anyway. They would pay a company (that purely by coincidence is owned by the friend of the brother of someone in a possition of power who is in no way responsible for deciding who got that contract) to remove it, after which it will disapear from the puplic record. Randomly around the same time large amounts of money will move between untraceable accounts in bank in British Overseas Territories.
if it was removable the government wouldn't sell it anyway. They would pay a company (that purely by coincidence is owned by the friend of the brother of someone in a possition of power who is in no way responsible for deciding who got that contract) to remove it, after which it will disapear from the puplic record. Randomly around the same time large amounts of money will move between untraceable accounts in bank in British Overseas Territories.
Stoppoker@simonzerafa @passwordsarehard4 @streetartutopia Maybe they remove it and replace a new one, blank slab.
@Sarahw @passwordsarehard4 @streetartutopia
It will probably involve high pressure washing, perhaps with solvents. Depending on what type of paint was used 🙄
Klaus Vink Slott@streetartutopia
Share the picture before #chatcontrol becomes active. I guess it will be added to the detection list 🔎
Share the picture before #chatcontrol becomes active. I guess it will be added to the detection list 🔎
Dsensthis Banksy is exactly there
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artfulrobot@streetartutopia Missing ALT text:
A photo of a stone wall of the Royal Courts of Justice with stenciled street art of a judge using his court gavel to strike a protestor lying on the ground with hands in the air, one hand holding a blank placard. There's blood splattered on the placard, presumably from the judge's assault. In foreground, motion-blurred there's a cyclist and barrister in wig and gown on their phone going by.
@artfulrobot Thanks! 🥰
BeeCycling has moved@artfulrobot @streetartutopia The guy in the wig and gown in the foreground is probably just a barrister, not a judge.
@beecycling @streetartutopia thanks, have updated
Donald HobernUntil I opened the image, I thought the judge was a peacock rampant ...
Drey@streetartutopia - Supreme Coure USA
Lydia T. Pott@streetartutopia
Thank you Banksy.
Thank you Banksy.
JamesBontMerz, Trump, Milei, Orban, Putin ....
Clive O’Connell@streetartutopia We don’t use gavels in England.
⚙️ Roy Phillips@cliveoconnell @streetartutopia That's a steak tenderiser he's beating the hapless protester with, if I'm not mistaken?
@cliveoconnell @streetartutopia how your judges keep the blood off thier hands?
@passwordsarehard4 @streetartutopia Latex gloves, I would imagine.
troy_friz_zellThat's a banger.
Richard RatheBrutal!
What the F* is up with the British government?!
Arresting pensioners for holding up signs?
Hans Dampf@streetartutopia I like bacon 🐷
Winter Charlie Breshna@streetartutopia I like the gavel and the judge photo background with him walking by perfectly describes a language of art museum Smithsonian and law and order being frank as a pacifist legally in our line of work.
Perfect masterpiece.
Perfect masterpiece.
@ NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦🇲🇽🇱🇸🇳🇫🇺🇦🏳️🌈 #FBPEExpect Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer to declare Banksy a terrorist.
Dave Mayhood@NovaNaturalist @streetartutopia
Nothing says "respect the law" quite as well as covering up a pungent critique of it.
Nothing says "respect the law" quite as well as covering up a pungent critique of it.
Robin Barton@streetartutopia Art has the power to make powerful messages clear. This is why so much of modern art is meaningless. Splashing something is as meaningless as the message whereas this message resonates.
Patrick H. Lauke@streetartutopia the police already arrested the wall and dragged it away