NOLA.com.He was able to mostly remove the red tag from piece. “I said, ‘What is that red?’” Julie Posner told the local news outlet of the moment she noticed the tag while leaving the building the other mural is on this Saturday. “What made my heart sink was the permanence of this.
It’s just so selfish.”The tag is thought to possibly be a reference to late English graffiti writer King Robbo, who is believed to have been Banksy’s rival.
The claim is bolstered by the fact that the hole cut in the 12-year-old artwork’s barrier appears to tombstone-shaped. Carlos FundoraCarlos FundoraCarlos FundoraView SlideshowThe Clio and Carondelet street building’s owner, restaurateur Greg Surrey, said he gave Banksy permission to paint the mural, known as.
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