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Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a work of art activism beloved by Banksy

By Sondeep Kandola, Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Cultural History, Liverpool John Moores University
In 2021, Banksy revealed a mural of Oscar Wilde, clad in prisoner garb, making an escape from the abandoned Reading jail. The artist claimed that he would donate profits from the sale of the stencil he used to create the work (a projected £10 million) to set up an arts hub in the Grade II listed building.

This hasn’t yet taken place, but speaking about the work at the time,


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