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    Ian Hislop picks Banksy hoax for British Museum dissent show

    Graffiti artist’s Peckham Rock placed in museum as prank will feature among objects illustrating subversion
    by Mark Brown Arts correspondent May 16, 2018 2 minutes
    Ian Hislop in the prints and drawings study room at the British Museum. Photograph: The Trustees of the British Museum

    At the time it was somewhat embarrassing but 13 years after Banksy installed a hoax exhibit at the British Museum curators are finally seeing the funny side.

    The museum has announced it has approached the artist to lend a piece formally known as Peckham Rock – a small “cave painting” of a stone-age hunter pushing a supermarket trolley. The artwork was left in the museum by Banksy, along with a convincing panel.

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