Back in 2021, artwork depicting a young girl hula-hooping with a bike tyre was spotted on the wall of the Avi Hair and Beauty Salon in Rothesay Avenue - alongside it was a real battered bike with a tyre missing chained up as part of the artwork. Despite it being the height of the Covid pandemic, excitement and anticipation began to grow as people flocked to see the hula hooping Girl work for themselves, wondering if it is was a genuine piece by world-renowned Banksy. But its very presence was no straightforward matter and the next few days saw other people claim the work, the bike left nearby was stolen, the mural was spray-painted over and eventually, some time later, it all disappeared having been sold to an Essex gallery for a reported "six-figure sum", after it was claimed as genuine by Banksy.
Banksy is an anonymous street artist who has been active since the 1990s, his work is typically satirical and very much politically-focused. He first came to fame in Bristol's underground scene. Get the latest news straight to your phone by joining us on WhatsApp But what happened to it after it left Nottingham and where is it now? In the aftermath of it being taken down, the new owner John Brandler, owner of Brandler Galleries in Brentwood, Essex, admitted the piece would not stay in Nottingham and said 'the great and good' of the city did not take the opportunity to keep it here.
He claimed it had been up to the Nottingham art community and council to ensure that it stayed in the.