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What’s in a Name? A livelihood, if that name is Banksy

By S. Abbas Raza • 1 min read
Culture

Leann Davis Alspaugh at Acroteria: The artist known as Banksy has made a fortune in graffiti and irony and ironic graffiti. No, he’s not the guy—we now know that Banksy is a middle-aged Englishman named Robin Gunningham—who taped a banana to the wall with silver duct tape. (Maurizio Cattelan sold Co.

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