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Banksy's Birmingham artwork highlighting homelessness preserved
Source: BBC
Banksy's Birmingham artwork highlighting homelessness preserved
10 December 2019
Banksy's festive artwork highlighting homelessness has been preserved in Birmingham.
Plastic covering the reindeer painted in the city's Jewellery Quarter was attached by wall owners Network Rail.
Within hours of its Instagram unveiling, featuring a man named Ryan, someone leapt over barriers and sprayed red noses on the two reindeer.
The Jewellery Quarter Development Trust (JQDT) said the work was "important to protect."
A film on the artist's social media, showing a man on a bench being "pulled" by the reindeer, has been viewed almost 3m times.
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10 December 2019
Banksy's festive artwork highlighting homelessness has been preserved in Birmingham.
Plastic covering the reindeer painted in the city's Jewellery Quarter was attached by wall owners Network Rail.
Within hours of its Instagram unveiling, featuring a man named Ryan, someone leapt over barriers and sprayed red noses on the two reindeer.
The Jewellery Quarter Development Trust (JQDT) said the work was "important to protect."
A film on the artist's social media, showing a man on a bench being "pulled" by the reindeer, has been viewed almost 3m times.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-50728590
The Banksy artwork shows Ryan on a bench being "pulled" by two reindeer (Banksy)
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