Via Instagram (@banksy)Art & Photography / NewsArt & Photography / NewsRats wreak havoc in Banksy’s lockdown artworkThe graffiti artist has a pest problemShareLink copied ✔️April 16, 2020April 16, 2020TextGünseli Yalcinkaya As lockdown continues, even street artists are forced to stay indoors, with even Banksy resorting to creating art in his own home. The Bristol-based artist has revealed his latest artwork on Instagram – a series of rats causing mayhem in a bathroom, with the caption: “My wife hates it when I work from home.” Shared across a series of five images, the artwork – done in the artist’s signature black and white stencil style – shows the rats knocking the bathroom mirror to one side, swinging on a towel ring, stomping on a tube of toothpaste, and taking a piss in the toilet. Another rodent is seen skipping on a roll of toilet paper, which has rolled down across the floor to the foot of a faux hole in the wall, while one is reflected in the mirror, presumably tallying the days of lockdown in red lipstick. Back in February, the anonymous graffiti artist unveiled a Valentine’s Day mural in Bristol of a young girl firing a slingshot that explodes into a playful arrangement of red flowers – only to have it vandalised a few days later. Banksy wasn’t too bothered though, stating that he was “kind of glad” because “the initial sketch was a lot better anyway”. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThese playfully erotic zines capture Williamsburg’s 00s art scene‘This show is like a world’: Collier Schorr on her major new exhibition FILAFrom track to concrete: Fila reimagines sportswear in the city for AW26La dolce vita: These photos explore Cortina beyond the Olympic hypeDazed Club handpicked this curator for a new show in LondonThe rise of EsDeeKid in 5 tracksCatherine Opie on ‘perverts’, Heated Rivalry and photographing neo-NazisCandid photos capture life inside a women’s prison in MexicoLife lessons from the legendary photographer Larry SultanThese intimate photos show the multiplicity of ‘Dykes’The most loved photo stories from February 2026The best art and photography shows to see in March 2026Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy