Banksy Studies Foundation is a non-profit organisation with no commercial aims. Its founding purpose is to make the documentary archive known as the “Banksy Studies Archive” publicly accessible, to carry out the archiving, cataloguing, study, promotion, conservation and protection of the work of the artist Banksy.
The Foundation is an independent body not affiliated with, nor supported by Banksy and by Pest Control Office Ltd. It promotes disciplinary research and academic initiatives on the artist’s work through formal agreements with Italian and international universities, providing funding for doctoral, post-doctoral, and research fellowships, with the objective of advancing scholarly knowledge relating to the artist.
The Foundation maintains contact with Banksy and Pest Control Office Ltd. solely for the purposes of academic study and research.
The Banksy Studies Foundation DOES NOT PROVIDE CERTIFICATES OF AUTENTICITY related to works by Banksy. The sole authority responsible for issuing certificates of authenticity for Banksy’s works is the British company Pest Control Office Ltd.