One of Banksy’s famed animal-themed works—a police sentry box emblazoned with a shoal of piranhas—will go on show next year at the new London Museum. The fishy work forms part of an animal themed series by the elusive street artist that appeared across London last summer.

Now, Banksy’s ‘piranhas’ artwork will be exhibited at the flagship City museum, which will open next year at its new location at Smithfield’s Market. It comes after members of the City of London Corporation ’s Culture, Heritage, and Libraries Committee voted in favour of gifting the artwork to the museum.

In August 2024 the biting satirist claimed responsibility for turning a 1990s police sentry box on Ludgate Hill into a vicious-looking aquarium, using translucent spray paint. It was part of a spate of critter-themed artworks that Banksy delighted London with, others including a gorilla at London Zoo and a pelican outside a Walthamstow chip shop.

London Museum has announced that it has acquired Banksy's Piranhas artwork which appeared in a police sentry box in the city last summer.