Daily Mail Outs Banksy as One Mr. Robin Gunningham

The big recent news in the art world is that there has been another great unmasking of the street artist Banksy. The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK did some investigative reporting and found what they believe is the identity of the artist who now fetches millions for his work. According to the paper, his real name is Robin Gunningham and he comes from a relatively normal upbringing, being raised in a middle class neighborhood and had a regular kind of struggling artist life until he became one of the most famous members of his selected field.

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