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08/10/2026

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One of the rarest and most sought-after colourways from Banksy’s iconic Nola series.

First appearing on the streets of New Orleans in 2008, Nola was created in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The image depicts a young girl sheltering beneath an umbrella, only to discover that the rain is falling from within it, a powerful commentary on the failure of the very systems intended to offer protection.

Released through Pictures on Walls, Nola was produced in several distinct colourways. While the original White Rain edition comprised 289 signed prints, the much rarer fluorescent Green Rain edition was limited to just 31 signed examples.

Also referred to as Yellow Rain, this striking variation features vivid fluorescent greenish-yellow drips against a muted grey background, creating one of the most visually distinctive versions of the image.

Unlike the more widely distributed White and Grey editions, this exceptionally scarce colourway was not made available through the original public release, making it particularly elusive for collectors.

Banksy
Nola (Green Rain)
2008
Screenprint in colours
76 × 56 cm
Signed and numbered
Edition of 31

A remarkable example of how subtle variations in colour, combined with exceptionally small edition sizes, can elevate an already iconic Banksy image into something considerably rarer.

07/10/2026

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One of the rarest and more elusive colourways from Banksy’s Choose Your Weapon series.

Released in 2010, Choose Your Weapon appeared in a remarkable range of colours, but not every version was made available in the same way. While a selection of colourways could be purchased through Pictures on Walls and Marks & Stencils, Red was one of just three colours, alongside Sky Blue and Green allocated through an online lottery.

Produced as an edition of only 25 signed prints, the Red was therefore never a colourway that was readily available at the physical release, making examples particularly difficult to secure.

The image itself brings together two instantly recognisable visual languages: Banksy’s hooded, anonymous figure and Keith Haring’s iconic barking dog, tethered by a chain. Against the intense red background, it is arguably one of the strongest and most striking versions of the image.

Banksy
Choose Your Weapon (Red)
2010
Screenprint in colours
70 × 70 cm
Signed and numbered
Edition of 25

A great example of how, within a single Banksy edition, colour and the circumstances of release can make certain variants considerably harder to find than others.

For further information on this or other Banksy works please email [email protected] or send us a WhatsApp

05/09/2026

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The work draws on one of Banksy’s recurring anti-war motifs, the military drone. Arranged like decorative Beswick flying ducks once found on UK domestic walls. The three drones create an intentionally unsettling contrast, instruments of remote warfare presented as seemingly harmless objects passing across an everyday street sign.

The imagery has an important connection to Banksy’s Civilian Drone Strike, created for Art the Arms Fair, in which three drones appear above a childlike drawing of a bombed house. That work sold in 2017, with proceeds supporting Reprieve and Campaign Against Arms Trade.

The motif became even more significant in December 2023, when Banksy installed three drones across an actual STOP sign at the junction of Commercial Way and Southampton Way in Peckham, South London. Banksy confirmed the work through his Instagram account. Less than an hour later, the sign was removed from the street using bolt cutters.

The work shown here was in homage to that street work and is a rare sculptural interpretation of the same visual language.

A great example of Banksy taking an object designed to give the simplest possible instruction — STOP — and turning it into something considerably more loaded.

For all enquiries on original and editions by please email [email protected] or WhatsApp

23/08/2026

🗂️ CATALOGUE - RUDE COPPER (2002)

One of the earliest and most significant images from Banksy’s printmaking history, Rude Copper dates from 2002 and is widely regarded as his first organised commercial print release.

The image itself has its roots in Banksy’s early street practice. Before appearing as a print, a version was reportedly painted on a London wall showing two policemen simultaneously giving the viewer the middle finger. For the subsequent screenprint, Banksy reduced the composition to a single officer — turning the familiar figure of British authority into something confrontational, absurd and unmistakably Banksy.

The print was produced at a particularly formative point in Banksy’s career, in conjunction with Steve Lazarides, who had begun working with the artist around this period. Early examples were famously sold directly by Lazarides, reportedly from the boot of his car — a long way from the established international market that would follow.

Originally conceived as an edition of 100, the release ultimately became an edition of 250 screenprints, with approximately 50 believed to have been signed. The edition was produced on two different paper stocks, with many examples carrying Banksy’s distinctive red ink stamp.

Adding further complexity to the edition, around 30 examples are understood to have been individually hand-finished with spray paint, including yellow and grey variations, while other rare examples incorporate Banksy’s anarchy symbol.

Published by Pictures on Walls, London, Rude Copper captures the raw, DIY nature of Banksy’s earliest commercial releases — before the queues, auction records and international recognition.

More than two decades later, it remains a brilliantly direct example of the humour, provocation and anti-authoritarian imagery that defined Banksy’s early work.

08/08/2026

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Banksy
Banksquiat (Grey)
2019
Screen print on paper
75 x 70cm
From the signed edition of 300

For further info please email [email protected]

26/07/2026

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What do we think about Banksy’s sprayed typographical works?

While Banksy is best known for his instantly recognisable figurative imagery, his text-based pieces are some of his most understated and intelligent works. The Key to Making Great Art combines the artist’s trademark humour with a subtle visual joke—the composition itself deliberately breaks the very rule it references, with the final word extending beyond the intended layout.

The phrase has appeared in several forms throughout Banksy’s career, from early street interventions to studio editions. Swipe to see an early Liverpool street version from 2005, demonstrating how the artist revisited and reinterpreted the same concept across different mediums.

This silver edition was sold by TGB in 2018 and remains one of our favourite examples of Banksy’s typographical works.

Banksy
The Key to Making Great Art – Silver
Spray paint on canvas
2004
40 × 40 cm
Edition of 25
Signed, numbered and dated on the reverse

All imagery © TGB CONTEMPORARY – please tag 𝚃𝙶𝙱 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙼𝙿𝙾𝚁𝙰𝚁𝚈 ™ if reposting.

23/07/2026

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This original work on paper depicting one of Banksy’s iconic heart-shaped balloons with its carefully plaster-repaired puncture was imported by TGB Contemporary in 2020 from a collection in the United States.

These photographs were taken in our viewing room ahead of a private client inspection. Moments like these are always a reminder of how different original works are when experienced in person, the scale, texture and subtle details simply can’t be captured fully through photographs.

Created in 2012, this is a unique monochromatic interpretation of one of Banksy’s most enduring visual motifs. The repaired heart balloon transforms an instantly recognisable symbol of love and innocence into something more nuanced, suggesting resilience, healing and hope after damage. It is a theme that has appeared repeatedly throughout the artist’s career in different forms and across multiple mediums.

The same patched balloon features in Banksy’s exceptionally rare Love Hurts edition of just 16 prints, while variations of the image have also appeared as original works, street interventions and, perhaps most famously, as the backdrop to the bed in the Presidential Suite at the The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, Palestine.

Few images have become as synonymous with Banksy’s work as the heart balloon. Across each iteration, the motif evolves slightly, yet continues to carry the same emotional ambiguity that has made it one of the artist’s most powerful and instantly recognisable symbols.

Banksy
Patched Up Heart Balloon
Spray paint on cardboard
2012
97 × 85.5 cm
Unique in its format
Signed and dated on the front

All imagery © TGB CONTEMPORARY – please tag 𝚃𝙶𝙱 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙼𝙿𝙾𝚁𝙰𝚁𝚈 ™ if reposting.

21/07/2026

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Banksy
Bomb Love
2003
Screen print on paper
70 x 50cm
From the signed edition of 150

For further info please email [email protected]

08/07/2026

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A striking example of Banksy’s Mosquito from the edition of just 25, which TGB placed into an overseas private collection in 2022.

Unlike many of Banksy’s editions, Mosquito was intentionally left without a uniform finish. Rather than producing 25 identical works, Banksy allowed each canvas to evolve individually, resulting in variations in scale, composition and ex*****on. This makes every example from the edition subtly unique, with collectors often drawn to the distinctive characteristics of individual canvases.

The ❌ that dominates the background is particularly interesting. It is a visual device Banksy had already explored in his Bad Meaning Good series, where the graphic cross became a recurring motif. Here, it serves as a stark, almost warning-sign backdrop, heightening the tension between the clinical simplicity of the composition and the enlarged mosquito—a symbol often associated with disease, irritation and the unnoticed threats that surround us.

Banksy
Mosquito
2004
Spray paint and emulsion on canvas
30 × 30cm
Edition of 25
Tagged on the right-hand overlap. Signed, dated and numbered on the reverse.

All imagery © TGB CONTEMPORARY – please tag 𝚃𝙶𝙱 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙼𝙿𝙾𝚁𝙰𝚁𝚈 ™ if reposting

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