If you still haven't had enough of the 'Who is Banksy' newsfest here's a nine minute YouTube video by a British culture show all about your favorite graffiti artist.

Pass the popcorn!

New laws in Victoria, Australia, make it illegal to carry a spray can. These are the penalties now imposed on graffiti artists, if caught:

• $550 fine just for carrying a spray can
• $26,000 fine if convicted of graffiti vandalism
• 2 year jail term if convicted of graffiti vandalism

Severe penalties and also somewhat paradoxical as the National Trust and Heritage Victoria are considering listing some areas that contain graffiti as 'protected areas'.

Banksy - stay away from Melbourne, or leave your spray cans at the border!

Debora Ross, columnist for Mail Online, has a funny take on the Banksy unveiled thing.

Ok, time to come clean: I am Banksy, the street artist. But, alas, I have done such a good job of hiding this fact over the years that now even my own mother won't believe me.

'You're not Banksy,' she said. 'I am,' I said. 'You're not,' she said. 'Listen,' I said. 'I don't have time to stand here arguing with you. I've got an anarchist rat to graffiti on a shop wall before lunch.'

'You haven't,' she said. 'I have,' I said, 'and then I'm going to do something equally witty and satirical after lunch.

After more familial disbelief she concludes

'What does a person have to do around here to be believed?' 'Having even a modicum of artistic talent might help,' he said.

This is all most frustrating, particularly as I am the person who, in effect, re-invented street art.

As I told my partner: 'You have a lot to thank me for as, before, it was nothing but community murals, those ham-fisted dollops of garish paint showing barely recognisable human figures who are meant to look as if they are having a great deal of multi-cultural fun.'

'Fair enough,' said my partner, 'but you're not Banksy.' 'How can you be sure?,' I asked. 'Because I'm Banksy,' he said. 'And so am I,' said our son.

Listen, take it from me, neither of them is Banksy, because I am the real Banksy. And that is that.

Read Debora's full (funny) piece here.

The mystery remains! Even though the world's media seems to have run with the 'Banksy Unmasked' story, it's still unclear whether Robin Gunningham is, in fact, Banksy the graffiti artist.

The next question that springs to our minds, of course, is 'How will it affect Banksy values?' Will that Banksy limited edition print keep its value?

Unlike the conventional cliche of an artist's work becoming valuable only after their death, Banksy's art has become very valuable in a very short space of time. The 'mystery' that he's carefully cultivated (and which seems still to be in place) and his gift for publicity has driven prices up in leaps and bounds. And since there's still no confirmation of the story, the allure - and the value - of Banksy's artwork looks set to increase yet further.

One of the factors that's helped make Banksy famous - apart from his brilliant graffiti art - is his anonymity. Over the years he's cleverly kept out of the spotlight and shunned interviews and contact with the press. Gradually, his fly-by-night reputation has become a part of the Banksy myth, along with his fly-by-night graphics.

Now the secret of Banksy's real identity has been revealed. In a long and (seemingly) well-researched article, Mail Online, the web version of the British Daily Mail newspaper, reveals that Banksy is, in fact, Robin Gunningham. Gunningham, like the mythical Banksy, grew up in Bristol and moved to London about the same time as Banksy.

Interview's with Robin Gunningham's parents were not enlightening; they denied knowing him and his current whereabouts are not known. Looks like Mr Gunningham is just as elusive as Banksy.

Read the full Banksy article here.

British graffiti artist Banksy's work is so popular, and fetching such good prices that people are getting ripped off by Banksy imitators selling fake 'Banksys', or stealing originals.

So to stop the practice (and preserve the value of of the real Banksys) Banksy has set up an authentication committee. Called 'Pest Control', the committee will authenticate and approve genuine Banksy graffitis, although no further detail is yet available.

Perhaps they'll be as mysterious as Banksy himself?

Soon after Banksy’s latest work appeared on a North London street, conscientious workers from Islington Council have obliterated it, by whitewashing the offending wall. The 4ft by 4ft stencil, set on a lime green background, depicted two young girls sitting at a desk with a Kalashnikov rifle, playing with bullets rather than pencils.

Last year, Islington Council compiled a list of works by Banksy in their area to prevent them being painted over. A council spokesman now says: ‘It’s graffiti and we treat it that way, whether it’s Banksy or not. Residents in the houses opposite complained and we covered it up.

Read the full story (with some nice Banksy photos) on www.dailymail.co.uk.

Banksy’s stencil art is a distinctive blend of political comment, striking graphics and wry humor. His street art appears in stencil art, graffiti, spray-painted images, prints and posters.As well as being a mystery man - he cherishes his anonymity - Banksy the street artist is an art phenomenon of the 21st century.

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