Banksy has unveiled the eighth artwork in his animal-themed collection in London, a mural of a rhinoceros that looks as though it is climbing on top of a car.
The street artist has been unveiling artwork on his Instagram at about 1pm every day since Monday 5 August.
His first piece depicted a goat and was followed by silhouettes of elephants, monkeys, a wolf, pelicans, and a cat as well as artwork of piranhas, which have all popped up in various locations across London.
His latest graffiti design, located on Westmoor Street in Charlton, south-east London, is situated on the side of a building and has been designed to look as though the animal is climbing on to a car parked next to the property.
On Sunday the street artist confirmed he was behind artwork depicting a school of piranhas, which appeared on a police sentry box in the City of London.
Barriers were put around the piranha design after it was unveiled, as City police officers turned up to examine the piece.
A City of London Corporation spokesperson said it was looking through options to “preserve” it.
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A crowd of people stood around taking photographs of the fish tank-themed Banksy near the Old Bailey on Monday as workers in hi-vis jackets cordoned off the attraction.
In the historic courts, Judge Mark Lucraft KC discharged a jury after it failed to reach a verdict in a death by careless driving trial and suggested they might enjoy the warm weather with a visit to the nearby Banksy instead.
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The artist’s sixth piece – a stretching cat on an empty, distressed advertising billboard – was removed from its location in north-west London hours after it was revealed on Saturday.
Crowds booed as the piece in Cricklewood was dismantled by three men who said they were “hired” by a “contracting company” to take down the billboard for safety reasons.
The cat design was the second piece to be removed last week after a painting of a howling wolf on a satellite dish was taken off the roof of a building in Peckham, south-east London, less than an hour after it was unveiled.
