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Banksy artwork likely to remain in Port Talbot

Deal reached to house Season’s Greetings in former police station in Welsh steel town

The future of a Banksy that appeared in a south Wales steel town is more certain after the local authority announced that an agreement had been reached to house it in a former police station a mile from where it appeared.

The artwork, Season’s Greetings, has attracted thousands of Banksy fans to a formerly nondescript garage in Port Talbot since it was created just before Christmas last year.

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from Culture | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2XW11M4

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