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Now is what Banksy does OK or is it graffiti - i.e. painting on buildings etc in the same way that others do who are then prosecuted?

Whichever way you look at it, it's graffiti. It is after all, unrequested defacing of someone else's property. The fact that it commands a huge price on the 'Art' market is probably what makes it 'OK'. If he would like to mysteriously do a daub on my house he's more than welcome. The work has a certain appeal to it, much in the way of cartoonists and can be a critical comment on current affairs but I wonder if it is widely known how it is done?

As I understand it stencils are pre-prepared and used one after another to spray paint rapidly, unlike the Rolf Harris method (if that term dodges the filter on this august board).

I would have thought, as suggested:

• Unrequested = graffiti = not acceptable
• Requested/commissioned = (probably) art = acceptable

Whether or not you like it I suppose it down to personal taste!