Art & PhotographyNewsBanksy’s Seasons Greetings mural is moving to a galleryThe artwork will be staying in Port Talbot, thoughShareLink copied ✔️June 1, 2019Art & PhotographyNewsTextThom Waite Remember late last year, when a new Banksy artwork popped up on a garage in the Welsh town of Port Talbot and subsequently wrecked the life of the garage owner? (That’s before he sold it to a collector for a six-figure sum.) Well, now it’s being moved to a gallery in the town centre. Season’s Greetings, which depicts a child catching snow on his tongue – snow that actually turns out to be ash from a bin fire around the corner – was sold by Ian Lewis, whose property it was on, to John Brandler, a Banksy aficionado from Essex. Reports at the time stated that Lewis turned down higher offers for the artwork to ensure that it would stay in Port Talbot, which it is closely tied to, since it’s meant to be a commentary on the area’s harmful heavy industry. Thankfully, everyone involved in the deal seems to have kept their word, as the Banksy piece is now being moved to the town centre, where it will be exhibited in a converted former police station at the new Ty’r Orsaf development. Presumably Lewis will also be glad that it’s out of his back yard, since he’s had trouble with masses of visitors (and a drunk man trying to get at it). The removal isn’t set to be a complete breeze, though. A BBC video about the move details how no one really knows how the bricks and mortar will hold. The owner has said he’ll be waiting “with his eyes closed”. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe waitress who disrupted the British Museum’s ball shares her storyThe Renaissance meets sci-fi in Isaac Julien’s new cinematic installationMagnum and Aperture have just launched a youth-themed print saleArt Basel Paris: 7 emerging artists to have on your radarInside Tyler Mitchell’s new blockbuster exhibition in ParisAn insider’s portrait of life as a young male modelRay Ban MetaIn pictures: Jefferson Hack launches new exhibition with exclusive eventArt to see this week if you’re not going to Frieze 2025Here’s what not to miss at Frieze 2025Portraits of sex workers just before a ‘charged encounter’Captivating photos of queer glamour in 70s New YorkThis erotic photobook archives a decade of queer intimacy