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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Port Talbot says bye-bye to its Banksy as art dealer brings in a crane

Workers remove the Banksy artwork from a commercial unit in Port Talbot before lowering it on to the back of a lorry.
Workers remove the Banksy artwork from a commercial unit in Port Talbot before lowering it on to the back of a lorry. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

It appeared one winter’s night on a steelworker’s garage, a wondrous piece of street art making points about the innocence of childhood, industrial decay and air pollution.

After a three-year sojourn in the town of Port Talbot, Season’s Greetings, Wales’ first and only Banksy, was craned on to the back of a flatbed lorry and trucked out of the country.

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