Sad but true. After all the media attention this particular Banksy was getting of late due to the City Of Melbourne putting the piece behind plexiglass…. the Cocker Alley Banksy ‘Little Diver’ piece was destroyed overnight.
S’funny, how when no one knew what this piece was or its significance, it stood alone unprotected and untouched in the rat infested Cocker Alley. Now when it had become a bit of a Melbourne treasure… someone has come along and destroyed it.
Just a few weeks ago, another little known ‘Little Diver’ was painted over on Greville Street. Another one in a Prahran alley has also met similar fate.
There are still a few Banksy pieces around Melbourne, most notably the series of stencils at the Revolver nightclub, but it did sadden me to see the Cocker Alley one meet its untimely death…
Shame.
The Age: Melbourne loses treasured Banksy…
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