A Banksy artwork of a masked rat holding a Stanley knife has been stolen in Paris.
The stencilled image has been cut from the back of a large traffic sign near the Pompidou Centre, a modern art gallery in the centre of the city.The gallery, which houses Europe's largest collection of contemporary artwork, posted an image on its official Twitter page showing a rectangular hole in the metal sign.'s work of art facing our building on rue Beaubourg was stolen during the night," the gallery said in a post.
"Although this piece was not part of our collection, we were proud that the artist had chosen the side of our building to create it, as an homage to the events of May '68."The message refers to two months of anti-capitalist riots which took place in the city during the summer of 1968. While the artwork was not signed, Banksy appeared to claim ownership in June, when he posted snaps of the masked rat on his Instagram feed.
Stolen because it looks obscene