Banksy's $1.2M Brexit Mural Destroyed in Dover Building Demolition

The demolition is part of the Dover Beacon Project, a major renovation initiative, while efforts are underway to conserve and digitally recreate the mural.

• The Banksy mural in Dover, England, which depicted a laborer breaking a star off the European Union’s flag and was valued at over $1.2 million, has been destroyed as part of a building demolition.
• The building was demolished as part of the Dover Beacon Project, a £25.4 million renovation initiative to create an educational, cultural and business center in the heart of Dover.
• Despite attempts to restore the mural after it was whitewashed in 2019, the Dover District Council determined it was too costly to conserve, with potential costs to local taxpayers reaching up to £4 million.
• DDS Demolition, the company that demolished the building, is attempting to conserve any parts of the Banksy artwork that it can, having already successfully removed stars and a section of the man and the ladder.
• Earlier this year, the Dover District Council hired Factum Arte to scan the mural so that it can eventually be recreated digitally or physically.

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