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?

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.

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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.

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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.

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Napalm

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

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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.

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Kissing Coppers

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

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Game Changer

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

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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Mobile Lovers

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

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Monkey Queen

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

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