";s:4:"text";s:5391:" A painting by the world's most famous street artist — depicting members of the British Parliament as chimpanzees — The 2009 satirical oil on canvas painting is a staggering 13 feet wide, the largest known work by Banksy.
Sotheby's It feels like a timely chance to revisit the workExhibition curator Philip Walker said: “When this work was shown 10 years ago it caused a real stir and was one of the highlights of the Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition.“It feels like a timely chance to revisit the work and a great opportunity to share Banksy’s largest known work on canvas with the public again.”
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Devolved Parliament, which is four metres wide, was first unveiled as part of the Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition in 2009.
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by graffiti artist Banksy, is going on show at Bristol Museum (Steve Parsons/PA)Banksy’s largest canvas has gone back on display in Bristol – just in time for the original Brexit deadline of March 29.It was first shown at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery in 2009, as part of the Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition.Devolved Parliament was then purchased by an unnamed collector, who has loaned it to the museum to mark a decade since its first unveiling.Banksy gave his permission for the piece, which is 13ft (4m) wide, to go back on display.A woman takes a picture of the artwork (Steve Parsons/PA)In 2009, Banksy said of the piece: “You paint 100 chimpanzees and they still call you a guerrilla artist.”Members of the public will be able to view Devolved Parliament free of charge at the museum, in Bristol’s busy Queen’s Road, for five months.Four art conservators spent nine hours erecting the piece in the museum’s front hall – where Banksy’s Paint Pot Angel has been on display since 2009.A passer-by views Banksy’s painting Devolved Parliament at Bristol Museum (Steve Parsons/PA)Yoma Smith, trustee of Bristol Museums Development Trust, described Banksy as “Bristol’s son” and said she expected the artwork to be very popular.“It’s great art, and great art is a reflection of society,” she said.“It raises a mirror to society and discusses the mood and landscape.
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It now includes snuffed-out lamps and a downturned banana held by one of the chimps. Banksy's largest canvas painting is to be unveiled in Bristol Museum today (March 28) – almost a decade after it was last shown there.