Banksy's famous 'Girl with a Pierced Eardrum' gets coronavirus retouching amid pandemic

Banksy is celebrated as a post-modern art genius by his millions of followers around world and in an interesting spin of things, his iconic Girl with a Pierced Eardrum mural recently underwent a contemporary retouching in wake of coronavirus pandemic. 

As United Kingdom continues to struggle with over 138,000 cases of COVID-19 infection, anymous British artist's Girl with a Pierced Eardrum mural painted on a harbourside building wall in Bristol appeared with a blue surgical face mask similar to those worn by health care workers. It hasn't been established if Banksy put face mask on artwork himself.

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updated mural did t feature on Banksy's Instagram p where he has been posting his work since 2013. Girl with a Pierced Eardrum mural is a comic take on Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's 17th-century painting Girl With a Pearl Earring, with Banksy replacing  pearl jewellery for a security alarm. mural was first reported to have been sighted in October 2014.  

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Banky's latest work 

coronavirus pandemic has alrey inspired Banksy's work as artist gave a rare insight into his home life with his latest rat-infested bathroom graffiti.  artist unveiled his latest artwork on Instagram as he shared pictures of his bathroom walls covered in his famous rat charcoal stencil drawings. 

Banksy's quarantine artwork is a series of five pictures that show rats having a ball in his bathroom — squirting toothpaste, hanging from light fixtures, swinging form towel hooks, wheeling on toilet roll and even taking a leak on toilet seat.

artist even mentioned that his 'wife hates it when he works from home' in caption to post. viral post has received over 2.4 million likes on Instagram and has been widely shared on or social media platforms as well. 

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Banksy's iconic artworks 

anymous British artist was first sported for his graffitis in as early as 1990s and has been active on streets of United Kingdom for about three deces w.

Banksy catapulted to millennial fame in 2018 for his iconic Girl with a Balloon painting that self shredded in a trap frame designed by artist himself, seconds after it was sold for over $1.02 million (£1 million) at an auction. artwork is said to have doubled in value after that and painting, which has been since renamed Love is in Bin, is w valued for at least $2.04 million (£2 million) by art experts.

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