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Banksy, Girl With Balloon

Jasper Tordoff
featuring Jasper Tordoff
2.54 minute read
Last updated16 September 2026
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Key Takeaways

Few artworks have become as instantly recognisable as Banksy’s Girl With Balloon. First appearing on London’s South Bank in 2002, the image of a young girl reaching towards a heart-shaped balloon has since become one of the defining images of Banksy’s career, associated with ideas of hope, love, loss and resilience.

In this video, Jasper Tordoff explores the story behind Girl With Balloon, from its origins as a street stencil and its translation into signed and unsigned screenprint editions, to the different colour variations that have become highly sought-after by collectors. We also look at the ambiguity at the heart of the image and the 2018 Sotheby’s auction that transformed one version of the work into Love Is In The Bin.

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