A collection of 18 works by world-renown graffiti artist Banksy sold for more than £400,000 at Bonham's auction in London, including Girl and Balloon which fetched more than five times its pre-sale estimation of £15,000-£25,000, being bought for £73,250.

The image had been painted directly onto a cardboard backing of an Ikea frame and is signed and inscribed: For Mike, Thanks.

Another highlight was a stencil painting, Leopard and Barcode, which was bought from Banky's LA exhibition Existencilism and had never been offered at auction before. It's pre-sale estimation price was £60,000 - £80,000 and it sold for £75,650.

In a separate auction at Bonhams, a screenprint of a dollar sign by American pop artist Andy Warhol sold for £44,450.

The Banksy auction result confirm Alan Montgomery, Urban Art Specialist at Bonhams comment here that “Banksy’s popularity still goes from strength to strength, with the market for his work certainly following suit. We are excited to be offering this group of works, which includes some of his best known and most sought after images.

"It seems that the public just can’t get enough of him, and his continued anonymity, even following last year’s Oscar nomination, only adds to his enigma. Increased international interest means that he is no longer just collected in the UK, but now has a truly global following.”



View available signed, unsigned and limited editiion Banksy prints here.

The sun is shining, it's t-shirt weather, and it's the perfect time to hit the streets in search of the freshest urban art. We, however, are busily working away, so instead we've found the best new street art from around the world online. Here's our hot favourites.

Zerser, Push and Esk, via

 

 

ROA in Miami

 Vhils in Shanghai

 

 

 ROA, again

 

Phlegm, via

 



Stikman, via

 



DCT Seth and Elliot Tubac, via






That's all folks! For last week's On The Streets, click here

Street artist Shepard Fairey apparently played a crucial role in securing the film rights to George Orwell's seminal novel 1984 for Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's production company Imagine Entertainment, and Fairey may even be a producer on the film.

This new adaption of 1984 is still in its early days, reportedly the group are looking for screenwriters before they approach a studio for funding, according to one news outlet.

For those who have followed the street artist's work, this may not come as a surprise. Four years ago Fairey re-designed the  cover for Orwell's dystopian classic for Penguin (pictured) and Fairey's signature 'Obey' is even a nod to the famous novel.

The novel tells of a country run by a totalitarian government system called English Socialism, which keeps control of people's minds and actions through a complex surveillance system.

Fairey is no stranger to the world of film and TV. He appeared in Banky's documentary Exit Through The Giftshop and also recently made a cameo on The Simpsons playing a policeman posing as a street artist.

 

 

 

Photos of a new Banksy street piece detailing a paper crane holding a goldfish have surfaced, possibly taken in London but more details to follow shortly.

This is the first street art we've seen by the infamous artist since December's spate of street work around London.

Of course, we did also tell you about Banksy's controversial Christmas piece, which appeared in the Walker Gallery in Liverpool, as well as the rise in market value of his work. 

Check back with us soon for more details on this elusive new piece.

Across the Atlantic, street artist Nick Walker has been busy on the streets of Chicago producing this mind-blowing new mural. You can check out more street art images here and more of Nick Walker's prints and originals here.

 

On Monday we posted this pic of JR's wheatpaste (second from the top) in our On The Streets post, what we didn't tell you is that the actual photograph is of Beijing-based artist Liu Bolin. Well the second part of the two artists' collaboration involved Bolin actually physically painting the artist - his clothes, face, even his glasses! There's more info here, more info on JR's Inside Out project here, and available signed JR prints and originals here.

Let's take a look at the best new urban art on the streets...



Finbarr Dac via

 

 

JR, via

 

 

Dface, via

 

Mark Jenkins (would love to have seen unsuspecting bystander's face when they first saw this!)

 

 

Cranio, via

 

ROA

Sweettoof, via


You can check out last week's On The Streets here

JR's Inside Out Project is the world's largest participatory art project. Since its launch in March 2011, over 100,000 people in 115 countries have used black and white photographic portraits to discover, reveal and share what they care about.



More info here: www.insideoutproject.net

If you're after the freshest, boldest and best new work to hit the streets, you've come to the right place. Below you'll find our round-up of the best new urban art on the streets.





Ben Eine in Shoreditch, East London via Street Art News

Dface here, via cupcakepunk.com

JR above, via Unurth

 

Know Hope, via Vandalog

Retna, via Brooklyn Street Art

 

 Vhils in Shanghai, via Unurth

Mark Jenkins above, via Arrested Motion






And lastly, Da Mental Varporz.


For more street art, check out last week's On The Streets

(Photo via Vandalog's Simjee Textor)

For some, it's not enough to love or own urban art: some are now even wearing it!

As mentioned here on Vandalog, Indian based designer Manish Arora featured superimposed images of Brooklyn artist Judith Supine's work on garments in his debut collection of ready to wear at the recent Paris Fashion Week.

With street art once upon a time being viewed as 'ugly' vandalism and certainly not embraced by the masses, it is very interesting to now see a street artist's work being printed on high-end garments and marketed to the Vogue fashionista demographic. It certainly demonstrates just how popular and appreciated street art has come in the past decade.

According to The Huffington Post:

For the fashion line, Supine, who regularly pours through magazines for his inspiration, tells us he didn't try to get too involved. He said he just liked the idea of the collaboration and allowed designer Arora to interpret his work in whatever way he liked. The official press release says that Agora (is) "very attracted to street art, it deserves a lot more attention than it gets." For Supine's part, he's pretty happy with the outcome too, and is looking forward to wearing one of the dresses.






We're absolutely loving the end result too. Now, how can we get our hands on one of the pieces?