--- title: Banksy Parodies 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in New Painting description: Recent reports of the artist's arrest are a hoax canonical: https://time.com/3525856/banksy-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-21T01:35:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:20.386Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Banksy Parodies 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in New Painting og:description: Recent reports of the artist's arrest are a hoax og:url: https://time.com/3525856/banksy-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fdb55b557c7ff2e/698761e2cd6848d68e097374/banksy-girl-with-pearl-earring.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The new Banksy depicting the painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer is see on a wall in Bristol Harbourside, England on Oct. 20, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Banksy Parodies 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in New Painting twitter:description: Recent reports of the artist's arrest are a hoax twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fdb55b557c7ff2e/698761e2cd6848d68e097374/banksy-girl-with-pearl-earring.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Banksy Parodies _Girl With a Pearl Earring_ in New Painting > Sponsored content. 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The new Banksy depicting the painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer is see on a wall in Bristol Harbourside, England on Oct. 20, 2014.Paul Green—Demotix/Corbis  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 21, 2014 1:35 AM UTC The famous and elusive street artist Banksy has [parodied Johannes Vermeer’s famous _Girl with a Pearl Earring_](http://banksy.co.uk/) in a new painting in the English city of Bristol. The artist posted a picture of the work, reportedly titled _Girl with a Pierced Eardrum_, to his website. The painting, photographed from different angles on the site, features an outdoor alarm box as the woman’s earring, the [BBC reports](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-29694941). Banksy previously graced Bristol with the painting [_Mobile Lovers_](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/banksy-mobile-lovers-sold-owner-of-youth-club-where-artwork-appeared-in-bristol-received-death-threats-9695327.html) earlier this year. ### See Banksy’s Art From Around the World  The new Banksy depicting the painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer is see on a wall in Bristol Harbourside, England on Oct. 20, 2014. Paul Green—Demotix/Corbis  A Banksy is seen near the headquarters of Britain's eavesdropping agency, Government Communications Headquarters, known as GCHQ, in Cheltenham, England on April 16, 2014. Eddie Keogh—Reuters  Banksy's 9/11 tribute featuring the Twin Towers located at Staple Street in TriBeCa, New York City, Oct. 16, 2013. Nancy Kaszerman—Zumapress/Corbis  Banksy's "Waiting in vain...at the door of the club." is seen on a roll-down security gate covering the main entrance to Larry Flint's Hustler Club on October 24, 2013 in New York City. John Moore—Getty Images  A Banksy depicting a silhouette of a hammer boy playing 'strong man' in the Upper West Side of new York City, October 20, 2013. Dennis Van Tine—Geisler-Fotopres/picture-alliance/dpa/AP  Builders walk past a Banksy on Pollard Street on November 1, 2007 in London, England. Chris Jackson—Getty Images  A Banksy wall painting seen on the apartheid wall near Bethlehem on June 16, 2013 in central West Bank, Palestine. Ian Walton—Getty Images  A graffiti titled "Balloon Debate" made by Banksy is seen on Israel's highly controversial West Bank barrier in Ramallah on August 6, 2005. Marco Di Lauro—Getty Images  A Palestinian boy walks past a work by Banksy near the Kalandia checkpoint in the West Bank on August 10, 2005. Ammar Awad—Reuters  A Banksy is seen on Israel's highly controversial West Bank barrier in Abu Dis on August 6, 2005. Marco Di Lauro—Getty Images  Artwork by Banksy is seen on a wall during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, January 22, 2010. Robert Galbraith—Reuters  Grafitti by Banksy adorns a building August 29, 2008 in New Orleans, La. Chris Graythen—Getty Images  A Banksy depicting a child wielding a machine gun, in black and white surrounded by colored flowers, is spotted in Westwood, Ca. on February 17, 2011. Gabriel Buoys—AFP/Getty Images  A Palestinian laborer works under a large wall painting by Banksy on December 5, 2007 in Bethlehem in the West Bank. David Silverman—Getty Images  Banksy's 'What we do in life echoes in Eternity' seen in New York City on Oct. 14, 2013. Erik Pendzich —Demotix/Corbis  Banksy's "Crayon Foreclosure," seen in Los Angeles, Ca. on February 27, 2011. Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Banksy's 'Sweeping It Under The Carpet' is seen in London, England on May 16, 2006. Jim Dyson—Getty Images  A Banksy is seen on a wall next to the Regent's Canal, in Camden in London on December 22, 2009. Luke MacGregor—Reuters  A Banksy appears in the neighborhood of Fitzrovia in London, England on October 6, 2011. Jim Dyson—Getty Images  A Banksy is pictured in North London on August 20, 2012. Jim Dyson—Getty Images  A Banksy is seen in East London, on December 20, 2011. Jim Dyson—Getty Images  A mural by Banksy, which has been defaced by blue paint bombs, is seen on the side of a building in Park Street on March 4, 2013 in Bristol, England. Matt Cardy—Getty Images  A screen print titled 'Di Faced Tenners' showing the face of Princess Diana in place of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is one of ten Banksy pieces on display in Bonhams Auction House in London on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 Cathal McNaughton—PA/AP  Banksy's Laugh Now is held by a Bonham's employee's during a viewing for the World's First Urban Art Auction at Bonham's on January 22, 2008 in London, England. Daniel Berehulak—Getty Images  A work entitled "Banksus Militus Vandalus" is displayed in the first unauthorized retrospective of works by British graffiti artist Banksy in London on June 6, 2014. Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images  Tai, a 38-year-old Asian elephant, painted by Banksy, is displayed at the "Barely Legal" exhibition at a warehouse near downtown Los Angeles on September 15, 2006. Fred Prouser—Reuters  An employee signals a phone bid on Banksy's "Vandalised Phone Box" during Sotheby's "Red" benefit auction to raise funds for HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa in New York City on Feb 14, 2008. Lucas Jackson—Reuters  A Banksy is seen in London, England on Dec. 12, 2004. PYMCA/UIG/Getty Images  A Banksy inspired by Pulp Fiction is seen in London, England on Nov. 30, 2005. PYMCA/UIG/Getty Images Though a report that circulated on Monday claimed the mysterious artist had been arrested, Bansky’s publicist Jo Brooks [told British newspaper _The Independent_](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/banksy-arrest-hoax-internet-duped-by-fake-report-claiming-that-the-street-artists-identity-has-been-revealed-9806157.html) that the arrest was a hoax. The false reports of his arrest and a raid on his studio [recycled details](http://www.complex.com/style/2014/10/banksy-was-not-arrested) from a previous hoax. _Read next:_ [_You Can Now Afford To Buy a Work of Art by Banksy (Sort Of)_](http://time.com/59429/my-art-invest-banksy-jeff-koons-buy-art/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3525856/banksy-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3525856/banksy-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/"},"headline":"Banksy Parodies Girl With a Pearl Earring in New Painting","datePublished":"2014-10-21T01:35:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:20.386Z","description":"Recent reports of the artist's arrest are a hoax","url":"https://time.com/3525856/banksy-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/","keywords":["Art","Banksy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fdb55b557c7ff2e/698761e2cd6848d68e097374/banksy-girl-with-pearl-earring.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fdb55b557c7ff2e/698761e2cd6848d68e097374/banksy-girl-with-pearl-earring.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The new Banksy depicting the painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer is see on a wall in Bristol Harbourside, England on Oct. 20, 2014.","caption":"The new Banksy depicting the painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer is see on a wall in Bristol Harbourside, England on Oct. 20, 2014.","creditText":"Paul Green—Demotix/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/art/","name":"Art"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3525856/banksy-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/","name":"Banksy Parodies Girl With a Pearl Earring in New Painting"}}]}] ```