A new mural by the elusive British street artist Banksy has appeared in Bayswater, west London, marking one of his latest confirmed works. The piece, painted on a wall above a row of garages on Queen’s Mews, depicts two children lying on the ground dressed in wellington boots, coats, and winter bobble hats—one of them pointing upwards toward the sky.
The artwork was first spotted on Monday and quickly attracted local attention. Photographs of the scene show the delicate yet bold stencil work typical of Banksy’s style. His official representatives later confirmed that the Bayswater mural is an authentic Banksy piece, posting an image of it on the artist’s verified social media channels.
Separately, an identical mural appeared on Friday outside the Centre Point tower in central London. While the resemblance suggests a link between the two works, Banksy’s team has only confirmed authorship of the Bayswater version so far.
The twin murals continue Banksy’s tradition of using urban spaces to blend childhood innocence with subtle social commentary. Residents and passersby in Bayswater have already gathered near Queen’s Mews to view the piece, adding another stop to London’s growing map of the artist’s public installations.
Athmaja Biju is the Editor at Abir Pothi. She is a Translator and Writer working on Visual Culture.
