Wanted your weekly dose of The Simpsons with a dash of dark commentary regarding its reliance on overseas labor and its owner, 20th Century Fox? Then you must have enjoyed last night's opening title sequence for the long-running animated show. The Wooster Collective says, "In what has to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in TV history, the 'couch gag' opening of tonight's episode of The Simpsons was storyboarded and directed by none other than Banksy." more ›

Is the tourist sidewalk line that suddenly showed up earlier this week actually a work of Banksy? A tipster pointed us to Banksy's book Wall and Piece, which has several examples of his text work, which bear some resemblance to the sidewalk lane (you can see some of those examples above). Banksy pieces have been popping up all over the city during the past week since his arrival in NY, and the sidewalk line has simultaneously become the "talk of the internet." more ›

Since Banksy began putting up pieces in the city over the weekend, dozens of readers have emailed pictures of pieces they've seen around the city. Most of the time, these emails have come with a note that says "New Banksy piece discovered!" - but in every case, the art work in question was not actually by Banksy, but by other artists in a similar vein. Therefore, to spare you any further confusion, we've put together this helpful gallery of the most frequently confused pieces—it will allow you to amaze your friends with your street art sophistication. more ›

The well-known streetart photographer Luna Park just called our attention to this new piece. Location is unknown, but it looks like an authentic Banksy to us- the shading, subject, and hand-drawn box are all similar to other pieces he's recently put up. more ›

Did Banksy hit Harlem? A reader sent in this photo from the neighborhood today—we're currently awaiting test results from our street art lab technicians to see if it's the real deal. If it is, this may have been his first venture uptown this trip. If you've spotted more pieces, send them our way! more ›

We decided to check out the Banksy pieces this morning and, lo and behold, the ones in the Chinatown, Financial District, and Soho have already been hit by Poster Boy, Smart Crew, and some weird guy's face. We'll be heading over to DUMBO later to see how that piece survived. more ›

Banksy has been traveling across the country for the last couple of weeks, doing pieces and promoting his movie "Exit Through The Giftshop". After he hit Toronto and Boston, streetart enthusiasts were betting he'd show up in NYC. Those suspicions turned out to be true this morning, when this piece showed up at Cedar and Trinity down by Wall Street. Email us at tips@gothamist.com if you spot any more! more ›

As the Wall Street Journal delves into the mystery of artist Mr. Brainwash upon the opening of his lavish show here in NYC—others who are less confused (and less amused) by the artist are using this time to sit back and say "meh." But for those who are intrigued, here's what we (think we) know. more ›

His pet store closed up shop at the end of October, and now it looks like Bansky only paid for one month of wall time for his rat murals that prequeled its opening. The one that went up last month on the corner of Howard and Broadway is now available for future advertisers (or street artists looking for a nice blank canvas)! more ›

Some thought the bearded man wearing a hoodie standing around the Banksy mural installation yesterday, but artist R. Nicholas Kuszyk (of Rrobots) sent us an email: "the photo of the hooded person is not banksy. it's me, r nicholas kuszyk, a williamsburg brooklyn based artist informally affiliated w banksy and colossal media. i was consulting the paint crew on behalf of banksy who was too busy to oversee the entire process. this might sound like shameless self promotion (the name of the game) but at least i had the foresight, well banksy and i had the foresight, to plan on wearing something that covered my face yesterday in the case of people like david noseypants photog acting all paparazzi. otherwise this ordeal would have made my face public property. a dozen people took my photograph yesterday. david was the most intrusive. well played sir." He also some links to his works, such as this one that happens to have a sexy lady walking by. more ›

All those Banksy billboards that popped up around Manhattan proved to mean something after all - they were to promote Banksy's show/installation in Greenwich Village, which opened today. more ›

Banksy and his friends at Colossal Media have put up two new billboards-- one at the corner of Houston and Macdougal, the other on Canal and West Broadway. The one on Houston seems to indicate an upcoming show-- in one of the -ber months. So if you missed his blowout in LA a couple of years back, where he brought in a live elephant and painted it, and then sold a load of stuff to Brad Pitt, you may be in luck. more ›

Looks like some of the local NYC graffiti artists have begun to object to Banksy's massive billboard project. When we walked by this morning, the piece on Howard and Broadway had been hit with this big "damn rats!!!" piece. Can the fire-extinguisher tags be far behind? more ›

The second Banksy mural to go up in the past week is now complete (the first one was done over the weekend). As you can see, he added some text to the subtext, saying "Let them eat crack." Any bets on where the next rat will pop up? more ›

Following a new Banksy piece going up over the weekend, another one is taking form right now! This one is at the corner of Howard and Broadway, and the guys putting it up look like the same ones (with the same equipment) from Colossal Media who did the previous piece. While it's still unclear if Banksy is paying for these, or getting paid for them...there's clearly there's a rat theme going on here. more ›

Streetart lovers, rejoice: the Colossal Media / Banksy collaboration that we spotted yesterday on the corner of Grand and Wooster is now complete. [Photo by Jake Dobkin.] more ›

A huge Banksy mural was spotted being put up in Soho at Wooster and Grand this morning. At first it appeared that it was possibly Banksy himself painting the huge rat, but the painter's American accent quickly revealed that it was not in fact the pseudo-anonymous British graffiti artist. more ›

Gawker is stoking the debate over whether street artist Nick Walker is in fact the mysterious millionaire street artist Banksy; we continue to disagree. Nick Walker and Banksy are definitely, positively two different people – although they are both English graffiti artists, and they are friends. more ›

Banksy may have stopped by New York City recently, but a Gawker tipster thought he saw the British street artist last night in the West Village. The tipster reported that Banksy was putting up a piece outside of Thunder Jacksons, saying, "He looks like a guy you would see in the cheap seats at a soccer game...He did come in and have a couple beers at Thunder Jackson's afterwards but he doesn't like to chat." (In fact, Banksy thinks that "creating graffiti murals is better than sex, better than drugs.") more ›

Banksy, the cheeky street artist/prankster turned multimillionaire art star, was in town last week, presumably for the Damien Hirst-coordinated auction at Sotheby’s to benefit the (Project) RED campaign, which works with corporations like the Gap to raise money for the treatment of A.I.D.S. patients in Africa. The $48 million raised at the event – through the sale of works by Hirst, Banksy, Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning and others – will be distributed by the Global Fund. more ›

ArtCal calls him, "the most controversial and downright interesting graffiti artist at large in the UK today" and whether or not you agree -- Banksy is decorating our streets, galleries...and even Brangelina's household walls. In New York he has pranked his way into the Met, MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum and the American Museum of Natural History. Recently it was announced that his images would be used to sell luxury condos in Williamsburg...and just yesterday... more ›