Banksy Cover Art Books and Mags
One Day, when I was looking around for good deals on Banksy records or CDs, I first time noticed the two "Village Voice NY" Magazines with Banksy / Os Gemeos Artworks on the covers offered as a set on ebay. I snatched it... Well, one is just a magazine, but two is a collection. My Magazine (and Book) Collection was born ;-)
Books and Magazines Published By Banksy Himself
Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall
1st Self published book by Banksy 2001. As far as I know this came initially as a Set with the "Wheapons Of Mass Distraction" Promo Postcard (shows Stamps with the Queen wearing a gas-mask).
ISBN 9780954170400
Existencilism
Self published by Banksy 2002
ISBN 9780954170417
Cut It Out
Self published by Banksy 2004. The final edition of this three book series by Banksy.
ISBN 9780954496005
Pictures Of Wall
Published by Banksy via POW 2005. Tags and murals conceived and compiled by Banksy.
ISBN 0955194601
Wall And Piece
Published by Random House in 2007 for mass print as a hardcover and a paperback version.
ISBN 9781844137862
Wall And Piece
Netherland edition published by Lebowski in 2009 as a paperback version.
ISBN 9789048802746
Wall And Piece
Published by everybody Press in 2011. It's a paperback edition in chinese language and was printed for Taiwan. Very rare edition.
ISBN 9789866179228
The Cans Festival Brochure
This is the official programm to Banksy's "The Cans Festival" in Leake Street in London 3-5 May 2008. It was only available at the festival.
Dismaland Bemusement Park Programm
This is the official programm to Banksy's Dismaland Bemusement Park which opened 2015 for 36 days.
Cut & Run, 25 years card labour
After Wall And Piece this is Banksy's fifth Book to feature his own artworks. It was published beside his official "Cut & Run" exhibition in Glasgow 2023.
ISBN 978-1-3999-5516-4
Books With Comissioned Cover Artwork By Banksy
Nick Cave - And The Ass Saw The Angel
1st Banksy Cover edition of this Nick Cave Novel, which was first published 1989 by Black Spring Press with a alternate cover. This "Banksy" edition was first published in 2001, even though this is not explicitly mentinoned in the imprint.
ISBN 9780140294552
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...THIS AND THAT
Nick Cave - And The Ass Saw The Angel
2009 revisited Edition by Penguin Books. The first edition of this version has a coloured Nick Cave Picture shown on the rear side of the front cover. The Artwork is golden embossed on black background. The white spots beside the artwork are part of the cover design.
ISBN 9780141044873
Nick Cave - And The Ass Saw The Angel
This is the Reissue edition 2013 published by Penguin Books. The cover design is a bit different to the 1st Banksy Cover Art Edition as there is a subtitle printed below the book title. Additional to this is a minimal larger picture section of the Artworks margins.
ISBN 9780241966570
...THIS AND THAT
Nick Cave - The Complete Lyrics 1978-2001
Awesome Cover Artwork of Nick Cave stencil by Banksy.
Published in 2001 by Penguin Books.
ISBN 9780141005157
Nick Cave - Tutte Le Canzoni 1978-2001
The Italian print edition of this Nick Cave book with stencilled Banksy Cover Artwork. Published by Strade Blu - Mondadori 2003. There is another Mondadori edition which was published in 2004.
ISBN 9788804504627
Nick Cave - Tutte Le Canzoni 1978-2001
The 2nd Italian print edition of this Nick Cave book with stencilled Banksy Cover Artwork. Published by Strade Blu - Mondadori 2004. The cover is slightly modified.
ISBN 9788804526087
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009
By Dave Eggers, published by Mariner Books 2009. Cover Artwork is credited to Banksy.
ISBN 9780547241609
Dear NHS - 100 Stories To Say Thank You
By Adam Kay, published by Orionbooks 2020.Cover Picture is credited to Banksy. Sories concerning the Corona Pandemic. This was published as a signed, limited edition in a box. Another versions came as a non limited hardcover and as a paperback print.
ISBN 9781398704558
Magazines and Books with Banksy Artworks on cover, Interviews with Banksy or stories about Banksy included
Sleazenation September 1999
This Issue came together with the "The Next XI" promotional CD by Wall Of Sound. There is no other Banksy content, but anyway nice to have both still sealed
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Level. 08 Issue, June / July 2000
This Level. Issue does not have a Banksy artwork on the cover, but one of the earliest Stories with Interview parts about Banksy. There are severel early Banksy artworks to discover.
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Sleazenation, Volume 3, issue 6, July 2000
So far the first recognized magazine Cover Artwork by Banksy. It shows a Busta Rhymes stencil with an appeal to "Vote Busta". One of the holy grails of Banksy related magazines.
The Face, No. 53 June 2001
Very early article about Banksy's work in this "The Face" magazine.
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Permanent Design Is Kinky, 1. March 2002
Australian Art and Design book with early Bansy artworks. Full Page of "Daylight Robbery" Clown, the Clown Skateboards Logo. Many other Artists contributed such as Shepard "Obey" Fairey.
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Stencil Graffiti, Tristan Manco 2002
Nice early graffiti art book by Tristan Manco. Features some of the most iconic street art legends such as Blek Le Rat, Shepard Fairey, Nick Walker and of course Banksy!
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Creative Review, Apr 2002
BANKSY edition, with centrefold poster and six stencil graffiti templates (one for BANKSY and five others from leading graffiti artists to include Bone, Blek, Chris Stain, Mitch, and Nano4814.
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Adbusters, No.43 Sep/Oct 2002
For me one of the most important Banksy magazine covers. Rare and legit and with a really iconic motive. Took me a while to get this. Finally I had to give a lot away for it. I guess this will become extremely sought after and very, very hard to find...
The Zapatista, A Rough Guide 2002
Many interesting backgroung infos around the Zapatista Movement. Banksy's artwork for the Zapatista football club is printed on the first page.
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Urban Discipline 2002, graffiti-art
This was released as an exhibition catalogue for the third Urban Discipline exhibition 2002 by Mirco Reisser. Meanwhile it's a rare collector's item and extremely sought after. It shows a foto of Banksy in person and some of his artworks on two double-pages.
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NME, 12th April 2003
Actually there is no editorial Banksy content included in this magazine. But it has a full page Blur "Out Of Time" promotion on the rear cover. With it's large 27,5 x 33,5 cm size it's almost like a poster perfectely made for framing. Best way to get your approved "Out Of Time" poster...
NME, 05th July 2003
Full page Blur "Crazy Beate" advert on the rear cover. With it's large 27 x 34 cm size it's almost like a poster perfectely made for framing. Best way to get your approved "Crazy Beat" poster...
Q Magazine, June 2003
There is no editorial Banksy content included in this magazine as well. But this time on the rear cover is a fully promotional page with "Blur - Thin Tank" displayed. Again a great opportunity to add a legit Mini-Poster, attatched to a magazine as it's approval, to your collection.
Strange Days, No. 45, 6th June 2003
Banksy's "Thin Tank" cover artwork on the front and rear cover of this japanese music magazine. Very hard to find.
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The Observer - Music Monthly, September 2003 No. 1
After Banksy designed several Blur record covers, the Band asked him to do this background artwork for the cover shooting as well. He did. The magazine came together with the Blur promotional CD "The Observer - Exclusive 5 Track CD".
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Boredom - Faile, 01.06.2003
This is an artist collection book by New York based street art collective Faile. The contributing artists provided their own pictures for it. The Banksy part shows an artwork story which I have never seen anywhere else. It's strictly limited to 999 copies and came with a CD attatched
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Arena Magazine, Jan 2004
Rare 6 Pages Banksy feature in this magazine, with several Artworks displayed.
Adbusters Vol. 12 No. 2, Mar / Apr 2004
This Adbusters issue has a "Happy Chopper" Artwork inside and a short Interview with Banksy.
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Adbusters "The Art Fart", 2005
This Adbusters issue contain the story about how Banksy installed his own paintings in the "Great American Painting" Wing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the 13th May 2005. Contain a small interview with Banksy.
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Wired,August 2005
Contains an article about Banksy. Especially about his museum installations. One page is dedicated to "Love Is In The Air" Flower Thrower. Pretty nice for framing.
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ZOO Magazine, 7-13 October 2005
This Men's entertainment magazine has published a large Banksy article with several early Banksy artworks and a Interview about his painting in Palestine.
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Esquire, December 2005
Funny story about an Esquire journalist hunting for Banksy. Some Banksy mural pictures illustration the Story an Flying Balloon Girl is visible on the left front cover side.
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ZOO Magazine, 6-12 October 2006
Exactely one year later Zoo published another Banksy article. This time without an interview but with lots of rare photos of early Banksy artworks.
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FHM, December 2006
This rare magazine includes an detailed inside story about the legendary "Barely Legal" exhibition held in LA in September 2006. 6 pages with several photos and lots of informations.
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Holasek Exhibition Catalogue NYC 2007
This was the exhibition catalogue for a unauthorized exhibition of Banksy works put together from several collectors. It was a major exhibition and was forcing Banksy's impact in USA significantly.
Art, Das Kunstmagazin, Nr. 4 April 2007
Very early article about Banksy in a german art magazine.
The Guardian, 05.07.2007
This Guardian issue contain a critical debate about the rising star artist Banksy and his spreading over to USA.
VENUE, Bristol & Bath's Mag, No. 794, 30.11.-09.12.2007
As far as I know this is the only issue displaying "Avon And Somerset Constabulary" on it's cover. An ultra rare gem which took me years to find it.
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VENUE, Bristol & Bath's Mag, No. 881, 14.-23.08.2009
Another ultra rare "Venue, Bristol & Bath's" Mag with Banksy cover. "Laugh Now" is displayed with a different message written on the Monkey's placard.
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Children Of The Can: 25 Years Of Bristol Graffiti, 2008
Felix "FLX" Braun's incredible collection of street Art pictures from the Bristol Graffitiscene, published by Tangent Books. Of course with a Banksy chapter with some very early murals and a small interview.
Children Of The Can: Bristol Graffiti & Street Art, 2013
New edition of Felix "FLX" Braun's incredible collection of street Art pictures from the Bristol Graffitiscene. Complete revisited Banksy chapter with totally different images including Banksy vs Bristol Museum.
Art Of England, Issue 45, May 2008
Art Of England reports in this issue about the Bonham's Banksy auction in 2008. "Laugh Now" Ape on the cover. A 6 meter long "Laugh now" comission work was sold for 228.000 £ in this auction.
Remix, No. 204, 6th June 2008
A japanese music magazine with extensive content on Banksy's cover artworks for music media. Some never seen images are shown inside.
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Live, Supplement Of The Year, The Mail On Sunday June 8 2008
Banksy Cover Artwork and Interview, Story and lots of artwork pictures on 6 Banksy pages inside.
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The World's Greatest Street Art #1 Bristol 2009
44 pages which shows an amazing collection of Banksy Artworks and provides lots of facts about Banksy's life and work. Lots of infos in this interesting article. It was published in 2009.
ISBN 9781906925215
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Swindle 8 "Banksy The Naked Truth", 2009
Awesome Banksy Cover Design and a Banksy Special inside. After Shepard Fairey's introduction this article contains a Banksy Interview and many artwork pictures. One of the most sought after magazines.
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Swindle 8 "Banksy The Naked Truth", 2009
This is the ultra rare hardback edition of this iconic issue! One of my real gems!
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The Sunday Times - Culture, 14/06/09
Double page with short Banksy Interview inside. "Strawberry Donut" Artwork is printed below the lettering.
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The Guardian Guide, 18-24th July 2009
Includes a one page Banksy interview. An online comment on Guardians webpage suggest that this might be a faked interview.
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The Sunday Times, 28.02.2010
Banksy designed this cover for the Sunday Times Magazine. It also includes 6 Banksy pages.
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Stylist, Issue 19, 3 March 2010
"Kate Moss" Artwork by Banksy. The cover artwork promotes an article about buying art.
LA Weekly, April 9-15 2010, Vol. 32, No. 20
Introduction article for Banksy's " Exit Through The Giftshop" movie.
Time Out London, Apr 2010
Banksy designed this Cover for Time Out exclusively. It contains also an Interview with Banksy. This was part of the "Exit Through The Giftshop" promotion. This is the version without lettering on front cover, which was the subscribers edition.
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Time Out London, Apr 2010
The contend is identically to the subscriber edition. This edition has lettering on front cover.
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Time Out New York, April 15-21 2010
Banksy designed this Cover for this Time Out New York edition exclusively. It contains also an Interview with Banksy. This was part of the "Exit Through The Giftshop" promotion.
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Guardian Weekend, 06.08.2011
Banksy's "Petrol Bomb" is seen on the front cover. I never opened my copy as it is still sealed, but I guess there is no more Banksy content inside.
Freedom Through Football, 2012
This fantastic Book tells the Stora about the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls, a Football Club with Banksy as a famous member. It also tells the Story about the trip to Mexico in 2001. Banksy joined this trip and painted some awesome pictures in Mexico, which are visible in this book.
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The Village Voice New York, October 9-15 2013
This Village Voice issue is one of two covers which were designed by Banksy and Os Gemeos in collaboration. The two Artworks were also presented as two big size artworks in Banksy's outdoor exhibition "gallery row" in Chelsea, NY. This was the Day 18's Artwork of Banksy's "Better Out Than In" NY Residency.
The Village Voice New York, October 9-15 2013
This is the second Artwork of the collaboration between Banksy and the brazilian twins "Os Gemeos". These Village Voice issues have the same content. There is also an Interview with Banksy included.
Art Spezial - Street Art, 02/2014
The "Street Art" issue of this Art Magazine. Shows artworks of many famous Streetart-Artists like Banksy, Shepard "Obey" Fairey and many more.
Guardian Guide, 22-28 August 2015
To commorate the launch of his Dismaland Theme Park Banksy created this cover for the Guardian Guide. It also inculdes an interview. Approved use of this Banksy rat.
Juxtapoz, #177 October 2015
Banksy designed the cover to this Juxtapoz issue. It includes also a comprehensive article about Banksy's Dismaland. This publication is part of Banksy's Dismaland-promotion activities.
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FT Weekend Magazine, Dec 2017
Another approved Banksy Cover Artwork on this 2017 FT Weekend Magazine. "Banksy goes to Bethlehem" also includes a 8 page Banksy article inside.
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Monopol, May 2018
German Art-Magazine with a "Bristol-Story" about Banksy.
Graffitiart, #47, Nov-Dec 2019
English and French Art-Magazine. Reports about the "Devolved Parliament" auction. It was sold for £9.9 million at Sotheby's. Banksy's most costly sale at this time.
Graffitiart, #50, Jun-Jul 2020
This issue has an article about the connection of music and Graffiti included. The Dirty Funker "Let's Get Dirty" with Banksy's "Kate Moss" was chosen as an example for this theme.
Casa Brutus, March 2020, Vol. 240
A japanese art magazine. Can not tell you much about the written content of this.
Artedossier, December 2020, Vol. 382
An italian art magazine. "Love is in the air" on the cover and an article about Banksy included.
Artedossier Supplement, December 2020, Vol. 382
This is the sxclusive Banksy-Supplement came with the artedossier issue 382. It's in italian language.
Dogpiss #8
The only Banksy content of this was the promotion gift of two Clown Skateboard's stickers with Banksy's "Clown" artwork.
Clown Publication 01, Jun 2021
Limited Edition of this "Story of Clown Skateboards" anyversary Publication. Contains even photos of Banksy himself and the production of the first Banksy Skateboard edition.
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Clown Publication 01, Jun 2021
This Clown Publication 01 regular edition came together with Dogpiss issue 10. It's smaller sized than the Limited Edition, but the content is the same.
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The Economist, November 46/2022
One of Banksy's ukraine Artworks graces this Economist cover from November 2022. For some reason it was incredibly hard to find from the beginning. Happy to have found a copy!
The New European, Issue 341, May 18-24 2023
Anothe ukrainian Artwork by Banksy is shown on the cover of this newspaper.
The Herald, June 15 2023
The Herald's "Cut & Run" issue announces Banksy's official "Cut & Run" exhibition in Glasgow. The Newspaper is XXL double sized to feature the motives of the official exhibition posters. Nice collector's item to frame front and rear side by side.
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The Herald, August 28 2023
The Herald's "Souvenir Edition" is dedicated to Banksy's official "Cut & Run" exhibition in Glasgow. The Newspaper is XXL double sized to feature some motives of the official exhibition. Nice collector's item to frame.
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