If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get

If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get was a mural created by Banksy in 2020. The artwork, inspired by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, was removed due to Transport for London's anti-graffiti policy.[1][2]

If You Don't Mask, You Don't Get
ArtistBanksy
ConditionDestroyed
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Preceded byPainting for Saints
Followed byHula Hooping Girl

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Banksy posed as a cleaner in order to paint the mural inside a London Underground carriage.[3] The title is thought to be a play on words for the saying "If you don't ask, you don't get." Other slogans linked to the UK band Chumbawamba were used in the mural.[4]

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  1. ^ "Banksy Coronavirus London Underground Art Removed". Washington Post. 15 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Banksy's latest artwork on the coronavirus has been removed from the London Underground". CNN. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Banksy: New coronavirus-inspired artwork appears on Tube". BBC. 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Banksy: Masked London Underground rats get scrubbed". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.