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Banksy also decorated the Israeli separation barrier with a ladder to the top of the wall and children digging a hole to get to the other side.
His works have often been threatened with destruction by the authorities. Its success and many petitions of support allow many of them to continue to exist. In 2009, a major exhibition was dedicated to him in Bristol.
From October 1, 2013, he leaves for New York and adorns the walls of the city or trucks, he titles this performance «Better out than in» «Better outside than inside». He settles anonymously on the sidewalk of Central Park and sells his works for 60 dollars each, seven are bought for an amount of 420 dollars, and the value of each of them is estimated at 160,000 dollars.
In 2015, Banksy painted in Palestinian territory to denounce the destruction of Gaza City.
Banksy made graffiti in France on the migrant crisis. Thus, in Calais, he puts up a portrait of Steve Jobs with a computer and a backpack to remind us that the creator of Apple was the son of a Syrian immigrant who arrived in the United States in the 1950s.