was banksy arrested

The interwebs was all aflutter today with news that elusive graffiti artist, political activist, film director, painter and long time fugitive that for years has gone by the pseudonymous name of banksy, was arrested early this morning by london's metropolitan police.according to reports, after hours of questioning and a raid of his london art studio, his true name and identity have finally.The news of his incarceration is, yet again, a hoax.(ap photo/frank augstein) banksy has not been arrested.Banksy has only been caught once, in new york in the late 1990s, when he was arrested while spraying a billboard on the roof of an apartment building.Stories crop up all the time claiming to reveal the.

Lazarides worked with banksy for 11 rollercoaster years, initially documenting the artist at work back in 1997, then becoming his agent, strategist and even minder.Oct 20, 2014 830 views 3 min read london, england — the elusive graffiti artist, political activist, film director, painter and long time fugitive that for years has gone by the pseudonymous name of banksy, was arrested early this morning by london's metropolitan police.In october 2014, an internet hoax circulated that banksy had been arrested and his identity revealed.That's about as close to getting arrested as.