A graffiti exhibition backed by Banksy has been shut after vandals daubed “f*** the King” on a building owned by the Crown Estate.The Long Dark Tunnel exhibition in Piccadilly was forced to close due to pressure from the landlord, after anti-monarchy graffiti appeared on the walls of the building and other Crown-Estate owned properties nearby.The exhibition, which opened last month, was created by graffiti writer 10Foot — real name Sam Moore — and featured in a special edition of the Big Issue which generated an estimated £500,000 for the magazine with record sales.
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00:00An exhibition backed by the renowned artist Banksy has been forced to close.
00:05Arts Arcade was attacked by vandals who sprayed anti-monarchy graffiti
00:09on the outside of the Crown Estate building in Piccadilly.
00:12The landlord of the building forced organisers hosting the Long Dark Tunnel
00:16to close the exhibition on Thursday after the words,
00:19F*** the King, was discovered.
00:21The exhibition was created by Sam Moore, also known as Ten Foot,
00:25to boost the sales of the Big Issue magazine.
00:28Arts Arcade have responded to the incident on Instagram,
00:31saying the criminal damage was totally unacceptable.