New Banksy work, not having appeared, I almost was stolen
ARTinvestment.RU   27 января 2016

Graffiti criticizing the government of France for the use of tear gas at the refugee camp, tried to steal two days after his appearance

New Banksy graffiti in London attempted to steal less than two days after its creation, the benefit to implement this would be not so difficult: the image was done on wooden panels in front of the house reconstructed building of the French Embassy. As told by the building owner, on Sunday night were trying to steal a gang. Arrived at the scene the police did not manage to catch the criminals.

the work refers to the French musical "Les Miserables", is an allusion to his poster. Only the girl in the Banksy work the tears flow from tear gas fumes from the canister, drawn here below on a wall. Graffiti condemns the use by the French government with tear gas during the cleaning of natural sections of the refugee camp "the Jungle" in Calais (through this city of migrants trying to get to Britain: storm the Eurotunnel or on their way going through La-Манш ferries — all this leads to clashes with the French police). Next to a mural by Banksy has QR-код, the link is to a video of the French police on January 5 dispersed migrants. The French authorities were accused of using tear gas, rubber bullets and high explosive grenades — officials deny it.

According to reports the AFP to defend the work, on Monday morning, the builders first tried to break the wooden panel with the graffiti of temporary fence, but, damaging one of them, put graffiti on top of new boards.

the fate of the figure now being discussed. Real graffiti Banksy at auction can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. So, the work "Mobile lovers" has recently sold for $670 000.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru