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Banksy Gifts A Hospital His Newest Painting Where He Honors Healthcare Workers
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Banksy Gifts A Hospital His Newest Painting Where He Honors Healthcare Workers

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A month after publishing his last piece of a rat-infested lockdown bathroom, Banksy is back with another painting. This time, however, his artwork is much more wholesome and pays tribute to health care workers that are at the frontlines of battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

Banksy posted the artwork on his Instagram page with the title “Game Changer”, referring to the fact that the boy in the painting has ditched the traditional superheroes (such as Batman and Spiderman) in exchange for a new hero – nurse.

The piece is currently being showcased in Southampton General Hospital on the south coast of England and honors all healthcare workers that are currently battling the Covid-19 pandemic that ravaging the world. The painting will remain on display in the hospital until autumn when it will be auctioned off to raise money for the NHS.

More info: Instagram | banksy.co.uk

The piece titled “Painting for Saints” portrays a little boy playing with a superhero nurse

The artwork is the perfect reflection of how most Britons feel toward the country’s National Health Service during the Covid-19 crisis. As of May 7, Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University reports that there are over 200 thousand confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK. The virus took over 30,000 lives in the country so far.

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Image credits: paulahead_UHS

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You can watch the artwork being unveiled in the University Hospital Southampton here

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Here’s how people online reacted to Banksy’s art

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Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is brilliant, well done banksy. It's way better than pulling the wings off butterflies (like Damien Hirst's Rainbow art)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The artistic style reminds me of Norman Rockwell's. I like it very much. Thank you, Banksy

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Sasy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the mesage is clear, children are more likely to see the truth in big situations...out of the mouths of babes and all that.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is brilliant, well done banksy. It's way better than pulling the wings off butterflies (like Damien Hirst's Rainbow art)

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Chris DiFonso
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The artistic style reminds me of Norman Rockwell's. I like it very much. Thank you, Banksy

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Sasy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the mesage is clear, children are more likely to see the truth in big situations...out of the mouths of babes and all that.

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