The British artist will donate the proceeds to the largest children’s hospital in Kiev, Ohmatdyt children’s hospital
Banksy is unlikely to remain on the sidelines of events he deems unfair. His art is a militant, social, committed art. And of course he could not remain indifferent to what is happening in Ukraine. While waiting for some of his anti-war work to appear on the borders of Russia – many of his admirers are even expecting a controversial mural in central Moscow – the British artist has decided to auction one of his best-known works to finance the largest children’s hospital in Kiev, Ohmatdyt children’s hospital. To do this, the most famous street artist in the world has chosen an online auction house, myartbroker.com, which has created the ABanksy for Ucraine page, where it is specified not only that the starting price starts at 40,000 pounds, but that it is also possible to donate the funds directly to the hospital in Kiev. The work of the most famous artist with a mysterious identity in the world dates back to 2005, is entitled “CND Soldiers” and portrays two soldiers who paint the symbol of peace and nuclear disarmament on a wall. A red symbol that appears incomplete and bloody. How bloody Ukraine is these days.
The historic commitment to Palestine
From murals on the remains of destroyed houses in Gaza, to a hotel in Bethlehem, from giant images on the segregation wall to an ironic travel campaign: over the years Banksy has devoted himself to the Palestinian question. Since the mid-2000s, the artist’s works have been identified in Gaza and the West Bank, with a collection of paintings by him dubbed West Banksy. He is behind «The Walled Off Hotel» in Bethlehem, located a few meters from the separation wall. His work often highlights military oppression, as in the mural in which an Israeli soldier asks a donkey for his ID, or in which a Palestinian girl searches a soldier.
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