Banksy Mural, A Tourist Magnet, Suffers Paintball Attack
"One of Banksy's best-loved Bristol murals has been targeted by vandals as fans continue to arrive in their droves for his exhibition just up the road. ... In 2006 the city council asked the public whether they wanted the mural to stay or go - 93 per cent of respondents asked for it to remain." That vote, a city councilor theorized in the wake of the defacement, may have "destroyed [Banksy's] street cred." Bristol Evening Post (UK) 06/23/09

Posted June 23, 2009 06:03 AM