Banksy has confirmed that he is behind a new goat mural in south-west London.
The piece in the elusive artist’s signature stencilled style appeared on a wall in Kew Green, Richmond, depicting a goat perched on a ledge from which rocks are falling.
A real life CCTV camera was pointed at the goat but it has since been moved to its original position.
Banksy claimed ownership of the work by posting a photo on his Instagram.
It is believed to be the first artwork he has created since he launched a new art piece in the form of an immigrant boat during IDLES‘ performance at Glastonbury 2024. The dummy-filled boat was launched into the crowd on the Other Stage during their pro-immigration track ‘Danny Nedelko’.
The boat was a visual reference to the current migrant crisis, which has become the focal point of then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s immigration policy. The stunt was criticised by then-Home Secretary James Cleverly, who called it “vile”.
He told Sky News: “There are a bunch of people there joking and celebrating about criminal actions which costs lives, people die. People die in the Mediterranean, they die in the Channel. This is not funny.”
In response, Banksy said: “The Homeland Security called my Glastonbury boat ‘vile and unacceptable’ which seemed a bit over the top. The real boat I fund, the MV Louise Michael rescued 17 unaccompanied children from the central med on Monday night. As punishment, the Italian authorities have detained it – which seems vile and unacceptable to me.”
The goat mural is the second mural of Banksy’s that has appeared in London this year. In March, an artwork painted behind a cut-back mature tree to look like foliage, with a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose, appeared on a wall in Finsbury Park.
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