No one knows what he looks like, but his creations are instantly recognisable. Acclaimed British artist Banksy is touring New York City.
October 1: Manhattan.
Banksy unveiled 'The street is in play'.
October 2: Westside.
The exact location of the pop-up artworks was not revealed, but word spread fast via social media.
October 3: Midtown.
In the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan, passers-by have taken note of Banksy's black silhouette of a dog lifting his leg on a fire hydrant, with the words "You complete me" in a cartoon bubble.
October 4: Delancey, Bushwick, Williamsburg.
Random graffiti given a Broadway makeover.
October 5: All City. A New York delivery truck converted into a mobile garden will visit a different location every evening from dusk.
October 6:
Banksy chose not to post any pictures today after the emergence of the below footage.
October 7: Brooklyn.
A heart-shaped balloon covered in bandages in the Red Hook neighbourhood of the Brooklyn borough. Either as a joke or jealousy, the piece was defaced with red spray paint shortly after being completed.
October 8: Greenpoint.
This fake Plato quote door art on Freeman Street in Brooklyn was removed just hours after going up.
October 9: Lower East Side.
Stampeding horses wearing night-vision goggles were accompanied by the "Collateral Murder" Wikileaks audio which features sounds of US soldiers firing on Reuters journalists.
October 10: East New York.
Banksy humorously stenciled a beaver atop a felled "No Parking Anytime" sign.
October 11: Meatpacking District.
The Sirens of the Lambs. This installation features dozens of wailing stuffed animals aboard a slaughterhouse delivery truck that had been driving the streets of a Meatpacking District in New York.
October 12: Manhattan.
Concrete confessional.
October 13: Central Park.
The artist set up a one-off stall in the park selling 100 per cent authentic, original signed Banksy canvases.
October 14: Queens.
Banksy responds to high-brow critics questioning his pop-culture sources by using the Gladiator quote, "What we do in life echoes in eternity."
October 15: Tribeca.
Twin Towers tribute.
October 16: All city - McDonalds.
The live-action sculpture titled, "Shoe Shine," critiques the heavy labour required to sustain the mega-corporations polished image.
October 17: Bed Stuy/Williamsburg.
Silhouetted Ladies chance encounter on a bridge.
October 18: West 24th Street.
Inspired by the Wall Street Occupy Movement, this collaboration with Os Gemeos of Brazil occupies its own piece of New York under a bridge.
October 19: Staten Island.
The world beneath our feet.
October 20: Upper West Side.
Hammer Boy.
October 21: South Bronx.
Ghetto 4 Life.
October 22: Queens.
No turn unstoned.
October 23:
Banksy says police have prevented him from creating a new piece of art in New York as promised on each day of the month. Banksy provided no other details and a spokesman for New York Police Department had no immediate comment.
October 24:
Hell's Kitchen depicts a lone man waiting in vain at the door of the club.
October 25: Bowery.
The grim reaper rides in a bumper car for Banksy's Halloween installation.
October 26: Sunset Park.
Alternative New York bumper sticker.
October 27: Greenpoint.
According to Banksy, this graffiti is a response to a rejected NY Times editorial he wrote about the new World Trade Center.
October 28: Coney Island.
A comment on capitalism or a mere graffiti loving robot? Banksy's October 28 effort is anybody's guess.
October 29: 23rd Street.
Banksy added the figure of a Nazi to this thrift store painting and then re-donated it to the Housing Works store, titling it The banality of the banality of evil . A Housing Works spokeswoman said the store was delighted by the appearance of the painting, which is expected to fetch over one million dollars when sold for charity.
October 30: Yankee Stadium.
A leopard lounges on a railing in the Bronx Zoo.
October 31: Queens.
And that's it. Despite Banksy's "Better Out Than In" belief, unable to get to the streets, many people around the world have followed his residency online.
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