Facts about Street Artists: Banksy

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   Exit Through the Gift Shop, a 2010 documentary directed by Banksy, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

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   The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, opened by Banksy in 2017, sits directly against the Israeli West Bank barrier and offers guests a view of the concrete wall.

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   A Banksy artwork titled Girl with Balloon self-destructed through a hidden shredder moments after being sold at Sotheby's auction in 2018.

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   His 2006 stunt of placing an inflatable Guantanamo Bay detainee figure inside Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride forced the park to shut down the attraction.

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   Banksy is an anonymous England-based street artist whose true identity has never been officially confirmed despite widespread speculation.

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