In search of Banksy, Reuters found the artist took on a new identity
Tomte
14 points
2 comments
March 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
notRobot
I don't really think it's "journalism" to be doxxing the identities of folks who clearly want to stay anonymous and have their work be detached from their irl personalities.
jeffrallen
Nice work Reuters: "We found him, he clearly does not want to be identified, it would have been possible for us to decide not to do this, but we did it anyway because... journalism?" WTF.