【2021 Archives】

One of the most iconic images of our time has sealed its status by being voted the UK's favourite artwork by 2021 Archives000 people.

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Banky's mural of a girl releasing a heart-shaped balloon topped a shortlist of 20 works of art compiled by arts editors and writers, according to The Frame National Art Audit.

The image, which was painted on a wall in Shoreditch, East London, in 2002, has beaten John Constable's "The Hay Wain" and Jack Vettriano's "Singing Butler."

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Rounding out the top five: "The Fighting Temeraire," by JMW Turner, and Antony Gormley's The Angel of the North sculpture.

Here's the full list:

  1. Banksy; "Balloon Girl"

  2. John Constable; "The Hay Wain"

  3. Jack Vettriano; "The Singing Butler"

  4. JMW Turner; "The Fighting Temeraire"

  5. Antony Gormley; The Angel of the North

  6. L S Lowry; "Going to the Match"

  7. John William Waterhouse; "The Lady of Shalott"

  8. Peter Blake; Sgt. Pepper album cover

  9. Hipgnosis and George Hardie; Dark Side of the Moon album cover

  10. George Stubbs; "Mares and Foals"

  11. Thomas Gainsborough; "Mr. and Mrs. Andrews"

  12. John Everett Millais; "Ophelia"

  13. Andy Goldsworthy; "Balanced Rock Misty"

  14. David Hockney; "A Bigger Splash"

  15. Bridget Riley; "Movement in Squares"

  16. Anish Kapoor; "ArcelorMittal Orbit"

  17. Stik; "A Couple Hold Hands in the Street"

  18. Maggi Hambling; "Scallop"

  19. Henry Moore; Reclining Figure

  20. Jamie Reid; Never Mind the Bollocks album cover


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