Like a signature on a work of art , a set of balloons that read `` BANKSY ! '' tied to the side of a warehouse visible from the Long Island Expressway in Queens could be the final piece of the famously anonymous British graffiti artist 's monthlong street art residency in New York City . On his website , Banksy called it `` An inflatable throw-up on the Long Island Expressway . '' Interactive map : Where to find latest Banksy . `` And that 's it , '' it says under photos of the installation posted on the site . `` Thanks for your patience . It 's been fun . Save 5pointz . Bye . '' 5pointz is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City , New York , considered by many in the graffiti world to be a Mecca of that culture and is facing demolition by developers . Banksy also released an `` official Banksy New York residency souvenir T shirt '' design , a JPEG with instructions to take it to a copy store and `` make it yourself . '' Painting 'vandalized ' by Banksy may bring $ 1 million for charity . The balloons are already down , according to local reports , and police would not comment on whether they had them or what they would do with them . One of his last pieces , a thrift-store painting he vandalized then re-donated to the thrift store , 23rd St Housing Works in Manhattan , was put up for auction online starting at $ 74,000 , and ended up selling $ 615,000 , according to the store 's website . Each day of October , Banksy unveiled new works of art around New York . The works were then announced on his website and posted to Instagram . Many of the surprise exhibits followed his signature street-art style : stencils spray-painted on streets , walls of buildings and under bridges . Banksy 's latest starts online bidding war . Others include an animated YouTube video showing what appears to be footage of jihadist militants shooting down an animated Dumbo the Elephant and traveling installations , including a slaughterhouse delivery truck full of stuffed animals touring the city . Also produced were performance art pieces such as a dirt-smeared boy shining the shoes of a life-size statue of Ronald McDonald . The New York Times opted not to publish an op-ed Banksy wrote criticizing the design of One World Trade Center , so he posted it on his website . He also used his familiar graffiti medium , stenciling `` This site contains blocked messages , '' on a wall in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn .
Graffiti artist Banksy 's final artwork floated near the Long Island Expressway . The work was a giant mural of an image of a man with his arms outstretched in front of a wall that read 'Welcome to Hell' and featured images of people being tortured or killed by ISIS He left daily works , including performance art and traveling exhibits , throughout city .