The play “The Spy Booth” ( “Spy Cabin”), the British street artist Banksy, has disappeared during rehabilitation of housing on which it was painted, as confirmed this authorities said Monday.
the work of Banksy. the mural graffiti artist, whose identity has been always surrounded by mystery, appeared in April 2014 painted on the outside wall of a two-storey house of the nineteenth century in the town of Cheltenham, about 175 kilometers west of London.
It was a criticism. the painting, made around a phone booth real, it shows three spies with aesthetics and media 1950, dressed in trench coats, sunglasses and hat, pointing their microphones and recorders into the cabin itself.
Against espionage. This work, one of the most recognized Banksy, satirised programs governments to spy on their citizens, as the scene was located just five kilometers from the GCHQ, the center of British listeners.
protected work in February 2015, due to the great expectations that emerged after the appearance of the mural, the municipal council of the town approved a rules by which the work was protected and prohibited moving it from its location without the approval of the authorities.
house for sale. Despite this protection, the work had It has been vandalized with graffiti and graffiti on numerous occasions. Earlier this year, the owners put the property on sale for 210,000 pounds (245,000 euros) and in recent days had appeared around the property several scaffolding to carry out the rehabilitation of the house, as seen in a video shared on YouTube.
not looked after the work. “we had already talked to the owner,” said Mark Nelson, the municipal council of Cheltenham. “Protecting the work of Banksy had always been one of our priorities, and the owner knew it was an obligation to protect it while they carry out the works,” he said.
EFE
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