This is the news that should have shaken the art world this week! This November 21, 2023, the BBC declares that it has lifted the veil on one of the most secretly kept mysteries in the artistic world: the identity of Banksy.

The choice of the conditional in the introduction is voluntary. Because despite the turmoil around this affair which caused a lot of ink to flow for years, the news was received with relative indifference. And for good reason, the general public, too accustomed to cries announcing wolf, is probably expecting yet another damp squib which will be denied, either by the press, or by the main party himself in a few days. However, certain elements suggest that this time could be the right one.

Indeed, the BBC draws its information from one of its interviews with the artist, recorded 20 years ago and which had never been broadcast. In it, the street artist confirmed his real identity to his interlocutor. Archivists from the English media then found it and decided to share this discovery with the rest of the world. But then, what is the name of the artist with multiple records!? Robbie Banks. There you go, that's it, you know...