2023-11-21 17:16:01
The BBC has found an old interview with Banksy never broadcast in its entirety and which seems to reveal the first name of the enigmatic British artist: “Robbie”.
In this 2003 interview unearthed Tuesday for a special episode of “The Banksy Story” podcast, a BBC journalist asks the graffiti artist if his name is “Robert Banks,” to which the artist responds: “It’s Robbie.” .
This is one of the only interviews given to a radio by this world-famous artist, who has concealed his identity since the start of his career and whose works sell for tens of millions of euros.
This mystery has generated a lot of speculation, and the first names of Robin, Robert and even Robbie have been mentioned.
Nigel Wrench, a former BBC culture journalist, interviewed the twenty-year-old artist in July 2003 on the occasion of the opening of his exhibition “Turf War” in London.
Recording found on a disk
The interview was not broadcast in its entirety at the time. But almost 20 years later, while listening to the podcast on Banksy, the journalist remembered his interview with the graffiti artist, and found the recording in its entirety on a disk he had kept at home.
Banksy also compares his graffiti to “quick” meals, “to be heated in the microwave”, and believes that he does not have to apologize for his works painted with stencils without authorization in public spaces.
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