Mar 21, 2026
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A few days ago, an agency boasted that it approved something the LOC had already done a year ago.It is claimed that it definitely revealed the identity of Banksy, the most sought-after English urban artist in the world.Obviously they did not read the report we did just 22 months ago about the investigation of a famous Spanish detective who managed to find the irrefutable evidence that Banksy is Robin Gunningham, where many media outlets have been referring to him for a long time without concrete data such as that collected by this investigator.
LOC spoke with the well-known lawyer and private investigator Francisco Marco, director of the organization Metodo 3, who especially provided this newspaper with clarification, which he ended up unmasking the favorite artist in England, of the two museums for his work (even if they are prints) opened recently in Spain.
"This work was born from a bet I made with my children, I challenged them to see if I could see them," Francisco Marco told La Otra Crónica."I started from my office in Barcelona, I turned to my sources and sent my people out."Evidence soon emerged.
A white man with silver teeth
Gunningham was born in Bristol on July 28, 1973. He was educated in the city's church, where his former classmates were immediately caught up in the aerosol fad that was in full swing in the 1980s. From the beginning, Robin mastered the technique of graffiti typography; he combined stencils and stencils to create satirical readings of politics and pop culture.English media such as The Guardian described him as a "white guy with casual, carefree clothes and silver teeth" who admires Banksy's resemblance to the father of urban art, Blek le Rat.
Paco Marco told this newspaper, "Gunningham disappears from the world of graffiti when he starts to grow professionally. First he calls himself Robert Banks, then he does not exist and Banksy also visits. "At first he did not want to be known because of the need to escape from the police, because what he does is illegal, and then this mystery made him great and today as a writer it is part of his history.Now he's alone. I don't want to be disturbed. The proof is his house, super secure, full of cameras, a bunker in a small town 30 km outside Bristol."
Included with Francisco Marco's report are various early Banksy works painted on wood directly connected to Gunningham.In particular, Flying Copper and Kate Moss, near addresses that live under her official name or pseudonym.It also includes property records, email addresses such as l3ansy@gmail.com, and official documents that link Gunningham to Banksy's life and art.he gives
Nickname of David Jones and net worth of 50 million
“In the midst of the research process I found a financial system around the fictitious name of David Jones, the real name of David Bowie and the pseudonym with which Gunningham left himself financially so as not to compromise his identity,” the journalist noted.Banksy's ecosystem is supported by several companies specializing in the "certification, commercialization and protection of their rights".The core company, Pest Control Office Ltd, deals with £5.3m of property and had a turnover of £900,000 in 2023. Another key company is Picturesonwalls Ltd., a platform for selling screen prints and limited editions which generates an annual turnover of £3m.Additionally, Outline Design and Services Ltd operates as art project support and financial management, with budgets of over a million pounds.These partnerships, including others such as Dismaland (a theme park set in Los Angeles in 2015 with 58 guest artists) and Gross Domestic Product Ltd, handle financial management and brand protection.
"The one called David Jones was born as part of a plan aimed at protecting the anonymity of the player. This change was seen in the merger of the companies where it was found that Gunningham was identified as a Person with Significant control, that is, as the last shareholder of the company group," concluded Francisco Marco.
- How much money does Banksy have now?
- It is difficult to know because of the private nature of his finances.In 2013, Forbes estimated that he already had a net worth of more than 17 million euros.With the rise of his fame and the increase in the value of his works, this number has increased to 50. When he sells an original painting through an auction, his only official channel of sale, the price is usually very high.In 2019, the Devil's Parliament was resold at auction for approximately 10.5 million euros, then setting a record for the artist.Similarly, records were broken at the 2021 auctions in London: Game Changer reached 19.6 million euros and Love is in the B (a half-destroyed work of The girl with a balloon) sold for 21.7 million euros.Within a year, his work was sold at auction for tens of millions, although most of this money went to collectors who resold it, not to Banksy himself.The Game Changer was also donated by him to a hospital and everything received (more than 18.6 million euros) went to health organizations in the UK.
his wife and daughter
Another of Gunningham's strategies for concealing his identity in Marco's report is the use of borrowed names (such as Samuel Newbury) that would allow him to indirectly own real estate and companies without revealing his name.
Notable among Francisco Marco's important discoveries are official documents showing that Gunningham married his lifelong girlfriend, former left-wing political activist Joy Charlotte Millward, in Las Vegas in 2006. Like her husband, she used the pseudonyms Joy Gunningham and Joy James in public documents.
And he has a daughter of about 6 years and although their wealth lives in a very class way before the house of pictures, yes, they give back to the community and take part in music festivals and pubs in their town, located in the Somerset district of Bristol.This pub has Banksy's stamp on the decor and is not named after Gugginham but after several artists who may have worked for him.of this building is connected to a printing press and a printing company that makes political interests."
Whether Banksy works in a group or not, Francisco Marco says no, that "of course companies or other artists help him with large installations, some even use his templates", but he believes that the design is one hundred percent his.He also does not believe that the other name heard the most as a possible candidate for Banksy will work with him.We are talking about the Massive Attack singer Robert del Naja or the cartoonist Jamie Hewlett." They were also graffiti artists and come from the same area, but they denied it and are not so connected to Banksy."
In any case, it does not work completely on its own.Because of the size of some of his works or performances, he needs help." The team that manages Banksy's career is diverse and developed. From the beginning, the role of the photographer Steve Lazarides played a major role as his first agent and distributor, promoting his first exhibitions and establishing his presence in the art world in the city. The financial management and structuring of the companies associated with Banksy carried out various companies related to management.managed the authenticity of the artist's work.
All people who work with Banksy sign confidentiality agreements.
