Banksy in Venice? New work appears and perhaps the artist himself
The mysterious British artist Banksy has apparently left his mark on a crumbling wall in Venice, and even claimed to have set up an unlicensed art stall in Italy's famous "floating city".
The image of a migrant child signalling for help, appeared, in the Banksy style, on a crumbling wall beside one of the Venice canals.
Meanwhile a video posted on Banksy's Instagram account was said to show the secretive artist, buried in hat, coat or newspaper, setting up an unlicensed art stall in the central Saint Mark's Square.
He sets up a series of nine oil paintings in the style of the 18th-century Venetian great Canaletto, which when placed together depict a huge cruise ship surrounded by tiny gondolas, plying their way through the Venice canals.
The piece, called "Venice in Oil", seemed to denounce the mass tourism which is endangering much of Venice.
At the end of the video, the artist figure, whose face is always hidden, is told to pack up his stall and move on by Venice police.
There was no indication as to whether anyone had bought one, or all, of the canvases.
On his Instagram account he wrote: "Setting out my stall at the Venice Biennale. Despite being the largest and most...