Kate Winslet backs plan to turn Reading Prison into arts venue following Banksy art
nme.comBanksy artwork was unveiled there last week.The mural, which emerged last Monday (March 1), shows a prisoner – resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde – escaping from the prison using a rope fashioned from bedsheets tied to a typewriter.
Banksy has subsequently confirmed that the piece was his own creation.Winslet, who was born in Reading, spoke to the BBC about the pride she felt at seeing the new artwork, and promised to perform on the opening night if the prison is turned into a new arts venue as reported.After news that the Ministry of Justice were considering whether to keep the artwork, which they described as “graffiti,” Winslet said she hopes that it remains and becomes the “legacy” of a new arts hub on the site.“I just felt incredibly.
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