Banksy slams Home Secretary’s criticism of his Glastonbury small boats artwork
An inflatable boat filled with migrant dummies in orange life jackets was hoisted above the crowd at the Other Stage on Friday night.
Artist Banksy has slammed the criticism he received from the Home Secretary against his small boats-crossing artwork at Glastonbury.
An inflatable boat filled with migrant dummies in orange life jackets was hoisted into the crowd gathered to watch the band Idles play on the Other Stage at Worthy Farm on Friday night.
Home Secretary James Cleverly later accused the artwork of “trivialising” small boats crossings of migrants in the Channel and described it as “vile”.
In response, the Bristolian street artist branded Mr Cleverly’s reaction “a bit over the top” and said it was the real boat he funded, which was being detained by Italian authorities after it had rescued unaccompanied children at sea, that he deemed “vile and unacceptable”.
