Banksy just pranked the art world with another stunt — here are his 30 cleverest creations

The identity of Banksy, the ever-elusive graffiti artist who has risen to superstar status over the past 20 years, is still unknown to the general public.

But that hasn’t stopped him becoming a household name. His artwork now sells for millions of dollars, and his work is catalogued in numerous books and documentaries.

And he just pulled off another stunt, shredding one of his paintings after it sold for $1.4 million.

We put together a list of some of Banksy’s most brilliant pieces to refresh your memory.

Christian Storm contributed to an earlier version of this article.

In October, one of Banksy's most famous works, "Girl With Balloon," was sold at auction. Then it shredded itself.

The work slid into a shredder hidden in the painting's frame, which apparently was missed by the auctioneer employees who analyzed the condition of the work.

A Sotheby's spokesperson told INSIDER that the artist's studio told the auction house not to remove the frame, considering it a part of the artwork.

Banksy pranked Britain's Royal Academy by submitting art without his name on it.

The British Academy's summer exhibition is famous for allowing anyone to submit a piece of art. For the 2018 edition, 20,000 people submitted works. Banksy submitted a painting about Brexit under the name "Bryan S. Gaakman," an anagram of "Banksy anagram."

It was turned down.

A month after it was rejected, the exhibition's curator asked Banksy to submit a piece. He sent in a version of the same painting, called "Vote to Love."

It was accepted, and Banksy explained the whole stunt on Instagram.

Dismaland was one of Banksy's most ambitious works. The twisted "bemusement" park in southwest England stayed open for five weeks in 2015.

150,000 visitors passed through the exhibit, which satirized tourist attractions like Cinderella's Castle and Sea World.

In 2016, Banksy surprised a school in his hometown of Bristol with a mural after they named a building for him.

A 2014 Banksy work — made in homage to Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" — traded the famous earring for a yellow alarm box.

This robot graffiti artist tagging a wall with a barcode (what else?) was part of Banky's well-publicized and shadowy residency in New York City in 2013.

Another one from Banksy's attack on New York City, this time in the Bronx, poked fun at graffiti and its begrudging acceptance by the upper-class art world.

This one from London in 2008 also plays with the idea of low-brow and high-brow art, and graffiti's place within that spectrum.

In 2007, Banksy visited Bethlehem, West Bank, during Christmastime to unveil six new works on the walls of the city, in an attempt to bring cheer and boost tourism.

In another work from his trip to Palestine, Banksy painted this hope for the future on the Israel-Gaza barrier wall.

In this foray into sculpture in 2004, Banksy parodied Auguste Rodin's The Thinker statue, turning it into commentary on binge-drinking and public displays of indecency — things some would call the opposite of "thinking."

This work from 2009 is one of many of Banksy's pieces that comment on street art and its treatment by the authorities.

Here, Banksy tackled the prickly subject of global warming in a piece on the side of the Regent's Canal in London.

Not many topics are safe from Banksy's commentary. He certainly hasn't shied away from wiretapping scandals in England and abroad. This work was painted directly on the side of Britain's intelligence agency, Government Communications Headquarters.

Banksy visited New Orleans in 2008 for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and left this piece behind.

This piece, one of his larger ones, skewers gentrification in his native England.

This one, made in San Francisco in 2010, comments on indigenous rights of native peoples whose lands have been invaded and occupied.

Banksy can be light-hearted as well, like with this piece from the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.

Sometimes Banksy can get a little out there, like the time he painted and tagged his name on this cow.

Rats have a been a reappearing motif with Banksy. They always seem to be plotting some ultimate revenge.

Sometimes, in Banksy's world, little girls get eaten by ATMs.

Banksy continually questions street art, the larger art world, and his place in it. In this piece in San Francisco, he commented on the concept that his art could be bought, sold, or displayed anywhere else but in the public eye.

In fact, some of Banksy's art has made it from the street to the museum, like this Churchill with a mohawk, part of the exhibition "Warhol vs Banksy" at The Hospital in Covent Garden in 2007.

In fact, Banksy's work has been in multiple museums and galleries. This painting was in "Banksy versus Bristol Museum," one of the largest single collections of the artist's works, which was organized under tight security and installed in just 36 hours with only a handful of museum staff aware it was even happening.

This one, titled Cardinal Sin, was on display at the Walker Art Gallery in London in 2012.

Even some of his most iconic street art pieces have made it into galleries, like this famous stencil of two English police officers in a loving embrace.

All proceeds of the sale of this Banksy piece, titled "Mobile Lovers," went to help Broad Plain Boys' Club in Bristol, England.

His most iconic pieces have cemented his place in history. This piece was commissioned by Bono and was intended to represent the West's reluctance to tackle issues such as Aids in Africa.

This piece, stenciled on a wall in Bethlehem, West Point, is one of Banksy's most famous and was later chosen for the cover of a book of his work.