'London zoo' art keeps growing in monkey business from Banksy

Banksy has revealed his third animal-themed artwork in London since Monday, this time showing monkeys swinging across a railway bridge in east London.

-  Zainab Haji

On Tuesday the Bristol-based artist produced a mural of two elephant silhouettes on the side of a house in Edith Terrace in Chelsea. A day earlier, he had claimed credit for an artwork of a goat perched on top of a wall near Kew Bridge in Richmond.

The new collection's latest instalment appeared in Brick Lane yesterday near Grimsby Street, not far from Shoreditch High Street.

Banksy confirmed that all three works were his through back-to-back Instagram posts. He did not caption any of the photos, fuelling online speculation about their meaning.

Some have already called the collection the "London zoo" series and begun crafting their own theories behind the works. One idea circulating among fans is that Banksy is comparing the recent far-right rioters to wild zoo animals.