Girl with Balloon

E396336
artwork stencil graffiti

Girl with Balloon is one of Banksy’s most iconic stencil artworks, depicting a young girl reaching toward a red, heart-shaped balloon that symbolizes hope and loss.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Girl with Balloon canonical 8
Girl with Balloon (Shoreditch mural) 1
Girl with Balloon (canvas version) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork ⓘ
stencil graffiti ⓘ
artStyle minimalist composition ⓘ
political street art ⓘ
associatedWith Banksy’s anonymity ⓘ
art market criticism ⓘ
auctionHouse Sotheby’s ⓘ
balloonShape heart ⓘ
colorFeature black-and-white girl figure ⓘ
red balloon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Banksy ⓘ
depicts red heart-shaped balloon ⓘ
young girl ⓘ
firstAppearance 2002 ⓘ
format canvas ⓘ
mural ⓘ
screen print ⓘ
genre street art ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact one of Banksy’s most recognizable images ⓘ
widely reproduced on prints and merchandise ⓘ
hasInscription THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE (on some versions) ⓘ
hasMotto There is always hope ⓘ
hasSubjectPosition girl reaching toward balloon ⓘ
hasVersion Girl with Balloon (London South Bank mural) ⓘ
Girl with Balloon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Girl with Balloon (Shoreditch mural)

Girl with Balloon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Girl with Balloon (canvas version)

Girl with Balloon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Girl with Balloon (print edition)
languageOfText English ⓘ
movement contemporary art ⓘ
notableEvent partially shredded at Sotheby’s auction in 2018 ⓘ
notableRank voted UK’s favorite artwork in some public polls ⓘ
originalLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
originalMedium spray paint ⓘ
stencil ⓘ
resultedIn Love is in the Bin ⓘ
saleYear 2018 ⓘ
soldAs Love is in the Bin ⓘ
subjectAge child ⓘ
symbolizes hope ⓘ
loss ⓘ
theme hope ⓘ
innocence ⓘ
letting go ⓘ
loss ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
usedIn 2014 campaign for Syrian refugees ⓘ

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Banksy → notableWork → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
Banksy → created → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
Girl with Balloon → hasVersion → Girl with Balloon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girl with Balloon (Shoreditch mural)
Girl with Balloon → hasVersion → Girl with Balloon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girl with Balloon (canvas version)
Girl with Balloon → hasVersion → Girl with Balloon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girl with Balloon (print edition)
There Is Always Hope → hasMainSubject → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
this entity surface form: girl with balloon
There Is Always Hope → hasAlternativeTitle → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
Love is in the Bin → hasPreviousTitle → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
Love is in the Bin → basedOn → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
Balloon Girl – shredded version → basedOn → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
Love is in the Bin sold for a record price in 2021 → basedOn → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
subject surface form: Love is in the Bin
Love is in the Bin sold for a record price in 2021 → follows → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
subject surface form: Love is in the Bin
Love is in the Bin sold for a record price in 2021 → wasOriginally → Girl with Balloon ⓘ
subject surface form: Love is in the Bin
this entity surface form: Girl with Balloon (framed version)