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A new artwork that appears to be on the theme of violence against women and girls has been confirmed as a genuine Banksy.
The mural, painted on a wall in Margate, Kent, depicts a caricature image of a 1950s housewife, wearing yellow washing-up gloves and a blue apron, pushing her husband into a freezer. The woman is shown to be smiling despite having a swollen eye and a missing tooth.
Banksy confirmed the artwork as his own by posting a series of photographs on Instagram displaying the image, with the caption “Valentine’s Day mascara”. The image also features rubbish on the ground in front of the artwork, including a broken white garden chair, a blue crate and an empty beer bottle.
Speculation about the post suggested the Bristol-born artist was making a reference to fighting violence against women on Valentine’s Day.
