A new Banksy artwork has appeared outside the High Court in London.
The black and white graffiti, appearing to depict a judge wielding a gavel, attacking someone on the floor, holding a blank sign covered in blood.
Banksy confirmed the artwork is his on his Instagram, simply captioning it: ‘Royal Courts of Justice. London.’
Photographs posted on social media show that the mural has since been boarded up, with security officers standing guard.
Metro understands that, as the court isn’t council property, it was not covered by Westminster Council.
Joe Syer, the founder of MyArtBroker, a Banksy brokerage, told Metro that the piece is very much in keeping with the elusive artist’s provocative style.
Many of his murals twist and poke fun at authority figures, like in Rude Copper to Queen Victoria.
Syer added: ‘What makes it so powerful is the way it deliberately unsettles our cultural assumptions about figures of power.
‘At a moment when questions of protest and free speech are dominating headlines, this work feels both timely and provocative – a reminder of how Banksy uses street art to distil complex issues into images that resonate globally.’
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