Locals suggest a man seen at the latest artwork in Finsbury Park, north London, could be the person believed to be behind the mystery alias.
He's the elusive street artist whose mysterious murals attract crowds of onlookers and tempt celebrity buyers - but Banksy has never confirmed his true identity.
The newspaper also published a photograph taken in Jamaica in 2004 showing a man with a bag of spray cans by his feet - which was identified as Mr Gunningham. 'On Saturday there was more security fences and CCTV up and a few people putting up Perspex over the artwork. One of Banksy's most striking moments was in 2003 when he disguised himself as a pensioner and installed a piece in a vacant spot in the Tate Britain in London.
She worked as a researcher for Labour MP Austin Mitchell, who died in 2021, and later set up Principle Affairs, a lobby group for charities.
The recording dates back to 2003 when ex-BBC arts correspondent Nigel Wrench interviewed Banksy to mark the opening of his Turf War exhibition in east London. Advertisement In the interview, Banksy said his work was a 'celebration of vandalism', adding: 'It's about justice. Estate agent Alex Georgiou, owner of the building where it appeared, previously looked to allay neighbours' fears by claiming he wouldn't be charging more off the back of the area's sudden fame.
The identity of Banksy is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the world, but that hasn't stopped people from speculating. The artist was born just outside of Bristol in 1973 and he was a talented illustrator who drew cartoons. The search began with an image of a man in Jamaica at work with his stencils and cans of spray paint.
Mr Gunningham attended Bristol Cathedral School and was born in July 1973. A school photo of him bore a striking resemblance to the man in the Jamaica photograph. However, Mr Gunningham's family denied that he was Banksy and the link was never explicitly confirmed.As well as being a founder member of his hit band, who have sold more than 13million studio albums worldwide, Del Naja, 58, is also a graffiti artist who has done work in Bristol under the name of 3D.The assumption that Del Naja could be Banksy was first discussed after DJ Goldie reportedly said his name on a podcast while talking about him.
Banksy has also designed work used in the Gorillaz music videos in the past. But any link has been denied by his publicist.One more recent sighting was apparently of the street artist wearing PPE while on the London Underground in 2020.Meanwhile, in April 2017, a woman saw an artist in an Israeli mall who was working. The artist had recently opened an exhibition in Bethlehem.
The photo showed five men arranging stuffed animals in a truck outside a warehouse in Red Hook Brooklyn, leading to speculation that one of the men was the reclusive artist.
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