What is the best Banksy artwork of all time?

Banksy's anonymous street art has captivated the world for decades — politically charged, darkly funny, and always surprising. From Girl with Balloon to Devolved Parliament, which Banksy artwork is the greatest of all time?

1

Girl with Balloon

The 2002 London stencil of a small girl reaching for a heart-shaped red balloon, voted the UK's favourite artwork in a national poll.

2

Love Is In The Bin

The 2018 self-destructing artwork that shredded itself moments after selling for £1 million at Sotheby's, becoming the first artwork ever created live at auction.

3

Flower Thrower

A 2003 West Bank mural of a masked protester hurling a bouquet of flowers instead of a weapon, one of Banksy's most enduring anti-war images.

4

Napalm

A searing commentary showing Vietnam War napalm girl Phan Thi Kim Phúc flanked by Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald, indicting Western consumerism.

5

Pulp Fiction

A stencil reimagining the iconic Pulp Fiction scene with Travolta and Jackson holding bananas instead of guns, a playful critique of pop culture violence.

6

Kissing Coppers

A provocative 2004 Brighton mural of two male police officers kissing tenderly, challenging homophobia and authority in equal measure.

7

Game Changer

A 2020 NHS tribute showing a boy playing with a nurse superhero action figure, gifted to University Hospital Southampton during the pandemic.

8

Devolved Parliament

A 2009 painting showing Britain's House of Commons filled with chimpanzees, which sold for £9.9 million — Banksy's auction record at the time.

9

NOLA

A 2008 New Orleans street piece depicting a girl with an umbrella raining from inside, a haunting metaphor for institutional failure after Hurricane Katrina.

10

Morons

A 2007 print satirizing art collectors with a crowd of auction bidders eagerly purchasing a painting that reads "I can't believe you morons actually buy this shit."

11

Choose Your Weapon

A series depicting a hooded figure walking a dog on a leash fashioned from a boom box, playfully connecting street culture, music, and identity.

12

The Mild Mild West

A 1999 Bristol mural of a white teddy bear about to throw a Molotov cocktail at riot police, Banksy's first major public breakthrough piece.

13

Mobile Lovers

A 2014 piece showing a couple locked in an embrace but both absorbed in their smartphones, a prescient meditation on digital disconnection.

14

Monkey Queen

A cheeky 2012 Diamond Jubilee piece replacing Queen Elizabeth II with a grinning chimpanzee on a royal ceremonial portrait.