The cover has been blown on London’s, and perhaps the world’s, most famous street artist. Banksy, has been scrawling and air-brushing graffiti and street art around London, and other cities, for around 15 years. Now, according to a variety of British newspapers, we know Banksy’s real identity. Apparently, Banksy is a middle-aged, middle-class guy named Robert Gunningham.

It’s not clear yet what effect Banksy’s outing will have on his increasingly visible and collectible art — some Banksy prints, created from his street art stencils, now fetch over $20,000. Regardless of who is the real Banksy, I like his work and his critiques on topics such as ubiquitous surveillance, police harassment, corporate greed and militarism. It’s interesting, but not surprising, to see that he’s an “ordinary bloke”, as the Sunday Mail put it.

Banksy’s Can Festival. Image courtesy of J.Dyson / Getty Images.