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Banksy's Newest NYC Installation: The Grim Reaper in a Bumper Car

Camille Dodero · 10/25/13 06:39PM

At dusk, Banksy revealed the newest piece in his month-long rampage of New York City's streets: a Grim Reaper in a scythe-powered bumper car, listlessly bobbing to Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper." The installation sits at the corner of Houston and Elizabeth Streets and, according to Banksy's site, will remain there through Sunday.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/17/13 11:45AM

Banksy's newest NYC piece is a silhouette work in East Williamsburg. A graffiti writer who tagged the piece was "caught and beaten up."

Hamilton Nolan · 10/16/13 12:03PM

The newest Banksy NYC piece—a "performance/sculpture hybrid"—is outside of a McDonald's in the South Bronx.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/10/13 12:08PM

Today's new Banksy NYC piece is in East New York, and it's already being chiseled out of the wall.

Graffiti Mecca 5Pointz Will Be Demolished

Hamilton Nolan · 10/10/13 09:47AM

This was bound to happen one way or another, but that doesn't make it any easier: 5Pointz, a huge, empty warehouse building in Queens that's long been a magnet for the world's best graffiti artists, will be demolished to make way for condos. Insta-commemorative 5Pointz photo gallery below.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/09/13 03:51PM

Banksy's new NYC piece today is on the Lower East Side. A website has popped up encouraging people to steal Banksy's pieces before the museums get em. And here you can read many famous graffiti writers explaining why people want to paint over Banksy.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/08/13 01:09PM

Today's new Brooklyn Banksy piece is in Greenpoint, and reportedly already "a little scuffed up."

Hamilton Nolan · 10/07/13 10:52AM

Banksy's latest Brooklyn piece can be found in Red Hook.

Building Owners: Stop Cleaning Off Banksy Pieces

Hamilton Nolan · 10/04/13 12:12PM

Celebubrated street artist Banksy is currently prowling around New York City, leaving a trail of new art on random walls. Oblivious New York City building owners are painting them over just as fast as they can.