Rosh Boroumand
Co-Founder & Director | Banksy Specialist Rosh Boroumand co-founded GraffitiStreet in 2014 and brings over a decade of experience in the international urban contemporary art market. He advises collectors worldwide on authenticated Banksy artworks, rare editions and significant works by established artists including Invader and STIK. Based at GraffitiStreet's flagship gallery in Chichester, West Sussex, Rosh personally handles private acquisitions and specialises in provenance research, Pest Control-issued Certificates of Authenticity, edition history, condition assessment and the secondary market for blue-chip urban contemporary art. His expertise also informs GraffitiStreet's exhibition programme and his specialist research on Banksy's artworks, authentication and auction results for GraffitiStreet News.
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Latest articles by Rosh Boroumand
September 30, 2026
Banksy’s Keep Ou T Heads to Auction During Frieze Week London
Banksy’s Keep Ou T, the 2019 installation created from a shuttered Heathrow EU arrivals gate, returns to London ahead of a £1.2–£1.8…
September 26, 2026
Rare Photograph of Banksy at Work Unveiled at YES 2026 in Kyiv
A rarely seen photograph of Banksy creating Judo in Borodyanka was unveiled at YES 2026 in Kyiv, as PinchukArtCentre presented works by…
September 5, 2026
Banksy Takes His Place in the New Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Banksy takes his place inside the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, alongside JR, Diego Rivera and Judith F.…
July 13, 2026
Banksy in Palestine: The Complete Guide to His Art Across Bethlehem, the West Bank and Gaza
Banksy’s work in Palestine forms one of the most sustained and politically significant chapters of his career, beginning with Love Is in the…
July 11, 2026
Steve Lazarides and Banksy: Inside the Photographic Archive That Captured Street Art History
Steve Lazarides spent eleven years photographing and working alongside Banksy. His remarkable archive preserves the artist’s formative rise without revealing the face…
July 2, 2026
Steve Lazarides Banksy Photo Limited Edition Prints Explained
Steve Lazarides' signed, numbered Banksy photo prints document the artist's formative years on film. Here's what collectors should know!
July 1, 2026
Banksy’s Grin Reaper: Meaning, Editions and the Grim Reaper Motif
Banksy’s Grin Reaper transforms the Grim Reaper into a darkly comic figure with a bright yellow smiley face. GraffitiStreet explores the 2005…
June 30, 2026
Banksy’s Choose Your Weapon: Keith Haring, Queue Jumpers and the Print That Marked the End of an Era
Banksy’s Choose Your Weapon brings together a hooded figure, a chained Keith Haring-style barking dog and one of the most memorable release…
June 17, 2026
Banksy’s NOLA: The Quiet Power of Banksy’s Umbrella Girl
Discover the meaning behind Banksy Nola, also known as Umbrella Girl, one of the artist's most poignant works created in post-Katrina New…
June 16, 2026
Banksy’s Love Is In The Air (Life Size) Heads to Sotheby’s London Evening Auction
Banksy’s Love Is In The Air (Life Size) heads to Sotheby’s London Evening Auction with an estimate of £3.5 million–£5.5 million. GraffitiStreet…
June 14, 2026
Banksy’s Love Hurts Walled Off Hotel Sculpture: The Wounded Heart Behind the Barbed Wire
Banksy’s Love Hurts Walled Off Hotel sculpture transforms a wounded silver heart, barbed wire and a hooded figure into one of the…
June 14, 2026
Banksy’s Gaza Kitty: Meaning, Mural and the Walled Off Hotel Sculpture
Banksy’s Gaza Kitty, painted during the artist’s 2015 Gaza intervention, uses the internet’s love of kittens to draw attention to destruction, childhood,…