Coronavirus: Banksy’s latest work pays tribute to caregivers – 20 minutes
A boy in overalls, kneeling, brandishes the doll of a superheroine: a nurse wearing a cape, mask and apron decorated with a red cross. In a basket near the child, Batman and Spiderman have been left behind. This black and white work, entitled Game Changer, is the latest creation from
Banksy. It has just been hung in a corridor in Southampton hospital (United Kingdom) and will be sold to
auction for the benefit of the British healthcare system, the Press association announced on Wednesday.
The street artist pays tribute to the caregivers, on the front line in the fight against the coronavirus. ” Thanks for all you’ve done. I hope this will brighten up the place a bit, even if it is in black and white, “he wrote in a note to the hospital staff.
The UK is particularly affected by the coronavirus
Once the containment is lifted, the work will be exhibited to the public before being auctioned off. The funds raised will be donated to the British health system, the NHS. Previous works by the artist were sold for millions of dollars.
The United Kingdom, one of the countries most grieving by the coronavirus pandemic, recorded Wednesday 30,076 deaths – a number which exceeds 32,000 if we add the deaths for which Covid-19 disease is the probable cause but has not been confirmed by a test.
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