• oni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    why clear it and leave a silhouette?? why just don’t leave an entire square silhouette to no one ever knows what was there.

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        1 day ago

        I can’t say they didn’t/won’t try to remove/cover it further, but on another article it’s at least dry (and seemingly not obstructed) pointing to the removal as calculated by Banksy as others have suggested.

        A white brick wall with the ghostly shadow of a judge beating a protester with their gavel, created by an attempt at erasing a Banksy mural.

        Perhaps being a historic site, paint is not really an option instead needing a more costly restoration to obscure it.