For the second time during the COVID-19 pandemic, Banksy has unveiled a pertinent new art piece. Instead of “working from home” as he did in last month’s chaotic instalment — in which graffiti rats run amok in his bathroom — the anonymous, U.K.-based street artist brought his work to Southampton General Hospital on England’s south coast.
The monochromatic painting, which a hospital official referred to as Painting for Saints, seems to come as a tribute to the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) as well as front-line health-care workers fighting the novel coronavirus around the world.
It was unveiled by the hospital on Tuesday morning and can be found in the lobby near its emergency department. . . Game Changer A post shared by Banksy
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