"People are taking the piss out of you everyday," begins "Banksy on Advertising." The four-paragraph quote has been widely distributed on Twitter and Tumblr, with attribution given to the elusive (and still anonymous) artist Banksy.

There's a bit of an art world brouhaha unfolding right now, and, not surprisingly, Banksy is at its center. The controversy surrounds works created at the tail end of 2007, during a project called Bethlehem Santa's Ghetto in which the famed, anonymous graffiti artist left his mark upon several public surfaces in the West Bank.

Oh Banksy, that elusive sprite. The British street artist may have graduated to being nominated for Oscars and scribbling stuff in Simpsons episodes but all anyone really cares about is who he is. (Even though, we know in our hearts that he's probably some average-looking white guy—i.e. BORING.)

Whoever buys "the identity of 'Banksy'" on Ebay for $25,000: send us a copy.

British "street artist" Banksy apparently directed the opening titles of Sunday night's Simpsons episode. Like most Banksy art-things, it was "political." But it was also funnier than anything that's been on The Simpsons in a long time.

So this is how our Simpsons sausage gets made. Tonight's couch gag was directed by the British street artist and provocateur Banksy, knocking it out of the park (it was a baseball episode). Click through and see the truth.

Supastar British street artist Banksy is still nominally anonymous, despite a handful of (probable) photos of him floating around. And then there's this video of Banksy (we think) disguised as a hippie, heckling Prince Charles about weed.

Banksy is probably the most famous graffiti artist this side of the Basquiat 80's and, guess what? He's making a movie! Here's a five minute extended clip of Exit Through The Gift Shop.

The only thing you need to do to get rid of any "Ohh, I wish I was at Sundance" blues is to actually look at coverage of Sundance. The crowds! The lines! The stars! It's all pretty gross up close.

Banksy on his movie: "Please don't give away the ending on Twitter." Good luck, dude.

And of course, Banksy has promised the local cops he won't do any graffiti. So. [Animal NY has the whole story. Pic: trentcall]

A new documentary about superfamous/ semi-anonymous street artist Banksy is reportedly screening at Sundance this year, and Banksy pieces (another photo below) are popping up around Park City, Utah. After Mali and New Orleans, we guess he deserves a vacation.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then mass-market imitation must really stroke one's ego. Just ask renegade street artist Banksy, whose iconic 'Balloon Girl' work has been knocked-off and slapped on a hoodie by junk-clothier Forever 21. [TheFrisky]

Normally the city council of Sutton (UK) is very much of the "No Graffiti Here, Thank You," school of thought. But then a famous graffiti guy, Banksy, did a piece! So they voted to preserve it.

While we weren't paying attention, Banksy went to Africa and brought (the spirit of) Peaches Geldof with him. This piece in Mali has reportedly been painted over already, but probably not by Peaches herself. She's busy. [Banksy/ Flickr]

Hello, it's a big new art show by zillionaire street artist Banksy, an artist who does not suck—his first show since his crazy robot monkey show in NYC last year. Let's look, shall we?

In 2007, NYC had "The Splasher," an anonymous pseudo-intellectual prick who went around defacing street art. Now England has its own pricks who've decided to deface Banksy murals. Unless it's an elaborate hoax.

Well then: the mysterious hooded and bearded man photographed supervising the painting of a new Banksy mural yesterday is not Banksy; it's Williamsburg artist R. Nicholas Kuszyk! As he informed us just now in an email with the intriguing subject line: "not banksy! it's kuszyk." Who is this be-aviator shaded man of mystery? A Banksy collaborator who also paints some nice robots himself! See here:

Semi-anonymous street art star and obsession of ours Banksy is opening his first official show in New York. Huzzah! And man I gotta tell you, it's weird. "Bizarre animatronic displays packed in a tiny downtown storefront" weird. All those rat murals he put up recently were just a teaser for his new, strange hobby. After the jump, check out two videos of his odd show in action—and, more tipster photos of a mysterious dude who could conceivably be Banksy!

A picture of the completed version of Banksy's "Let Them Eat Crack" rat mural has been added to our earlier post. Now we can move on.