After almost a year of no new art, Banky ’s latest piece came as quickly as it went. Just several hours after its discovery, the art piece painted on the Royal Courts of Justice building in London was covered up, with plans of removal. The mural was evicted from its temporary home on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in London on September 8 — partially because the 143-year-old building must be “obliged to maintain its original character.”

The art itself isn’t a good look for Parliament. The controversial black-and-white mural shows a judge in traditional clothing beating a protester with a gavel— the red blood splatter was the only color in the piece. The government quickly covered it up with “large sheets of plastic and metal barriers,” per the BBC . The mural appea

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