Banksy posts George Floyd tribute on Instagram, reveals he is white

Banksy posted a new artwork on Instagram on June 6, 2020, depicting a framed black silhouette beneath a burning American flag, accompanied by a statement addressing systemic racism. The post explicitly identifies the artist as white, a rare personal disclosure. The work is a response to the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, and joins a wave of street art worldwide demanding justice, including murals in Washington D.C. and Italy by Jorit. Banksy's message argues that racism is a white problem and calls for white people to fix it. The post comes as US cultural institutions like MoMA (which blacked out its Facebook page on June 2) and Princeton University president Christopher L. Eisgruber have issued statements acknowledging racial injustice.