Artwork Files
An Artwork File gathers everything we can verify about one artwork: who made it, when and where, the artist’s own photos, local news, official records, and whether it is still there. Every fact links to its source and carries a label from How We Verify Art.
The files
78 of these 1198 works are gone. The files show how and when, from dated sources.
Gone 2016From the Knees of My Nose to the Belly of My Toes
Alex Chinneck · Margate, UK · 2013 · 15 confirming sources
Status checked 29 Sep 2026
The house was not restored: Thanet council says it was demolished in December 2016, and the firm that helped build the sliding front later built the new council homes on the site.
Gone 2025Alex Chinneck · London, UK · 2015 · 15 confirming sources
Status checked 29 Sep 2026
Billed by the developer for around nine months, it stood for almost ten years; the demolition firm says it took it down within a single working day in July 2025.
Gone 2017Ivan Sery and Tatiana Konstantinova · Nizhny Novgorod, Russia · 2017 · 17 confirming sources
Status checked 29 Sep 2026
It melted in +25°C sun and was repaired once; a Pikabu post at 14:33 on 2 August 2017 shows the niche already empty.
Gone 2013Andrey Syaylev · Samara, Russia · 2013 · 19 confirming sources
Status checked 29 Sep 2026
The famous “Banksy repost” came from a lookalike account, @thereaIbanksy; Samara papers later credited Banksy himself.
Gone 2020Ella & Pitr · Stavanger, Norway · 2015 · 10 confirming sources
Status checked 29 Sep 2026
City building records: the house was No. 9, not 12 as Nuart says, and was torn down in May 2020.
GoneElla & Pitr · Quadrivio di Campagna, Italy · 2015 · 7 confirming sources
Status checked 29 Sep 2026
Satellite images show it gone by 2018; the square is now a €1.69 million park build, about half of it EU recovery money.
How a file is made
- Start from a photoEvery file begins with a work we have published on World Art Utopia or Street Art Utopia.
- Only confirmed worksWe make a file only when at least three independent sources confirm the work.
- Local sources firstLocal news in the local language, city and festival records, the artist’s own posts and videos, and archived copies of news links.
- Is it still there?The newest dated photo, satellite and Street View history, and official records decide the status. “Still there” always has a date.
- Checked before it goes upEvery quote, date and link is checked against its source before a file is published.
Artwork Files · last updated 14 November 2026 · Certainty labels follow How We Verify Art.