New graffiti appears on the wall where Nottingham Banksy once stood nottinghampost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nottinghampost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Banksy collector John Brandler at his Coptfold Road gallery, Brandler Galleries.
- Credit: Ken Mears This could be the best thing that happens to Basildon since sliced bread says renowned Brentwood Banksy collector John Brandler who is planning a major international attraction at a Basildon shopping centre.
The Recorder caught up with Brandler to discuss the future of his latest purchase and his plans for the new street art gallery that he says could attract 500,000 new tourists a year.
The hula hoop girl would be among the Banksy works to find its forever home in Basildon, and John hopes to include work by world-famous artists such as Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst into the rolling exhibition.
Buyer of Nottingham Banksy 'scared' after receiving hate mail nottinghampost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nottinghampost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An art collector who bought and removed a Banksy mural in Nottingham says he has saved it from a “death sentence” despite protests from locals. John Brandler, owner of Brandler Galleries in Brentwood, spent “a six-figure sum” to buy the mural, which appeared on the corner of Rothesay Avenue in Lenton in October before being removed early on Wednesday morning.
Banksy in Nottingham Picture taken with permission from the twitter feed of @dangolstein of the removal of the Nottingham Banksy mural. John Brandler, the owner of Brandler Galleries in Brentwood, Essex, spent a six-figure sum to buy the mural, which appeared on the corner of Rothesay Avenue in Lenton in October.
Petition to bring the Banksy back to Nottingham set up as mysterious stencilled message appears
A stencilled note has been left behind, however, which reads: More people visited the Mona Lisa after it had been stolen than when it was there
16:54, 18 FEB 2021 (Image: Marie Wilson/Nottingham Post)
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