Banksy's Dismaland: 'a theme park unsuitable for children' – in pictures
The castle’s derelict, Cinderella’s pumpkin has crashed, and the seagulls are on the attack ... Banksy has opened a theme park called Dismaland at a disused lido in Weston-super-Mare. The show has been shrouded in secrecy for weeks, and locals had been led to believe it was a film set for a Hollywood thriller. Take the first look inside
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Thu 20 Aug 2015 10.16 EDT Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 10.27 EDT
The Dismaland castle and the Little Mermaid, reimagined by Banksy.
All photographs: Alicia Canter for the Guardian Share on Facebook Share on TwitterCinderella’s pumpkin has crashed, and the paparazzi are out in force
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA figure makes lasagne from the horses on the carousel
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA new Banksy showing a woman being attacked by a seagull
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA security person holds balloons that read: ‘I am an imbecile’
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterVisitors have to go through intense airport-style security to get in to the theme park
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA giant sandcastle and play park
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBanksy’s police van fountain
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe Comrades Advice Bureau, where people are shown how to get into guerrilla bus-stop advertising
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterVisitors can buy the tools to break into bus-stop advertising boards and make their own propaganda for just £5
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBanksy handpicked works by 58 artists, from Damien Hirst to Jenny Holzer, to fill Dismaland. Here is a work by Jimmy Cauty, once part of KLF, called The Aftermath Dislocation Principle, Part One: A Small World Re-enactment
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterEx-KLF member Jimmy Cauty’s work, The Aftermath Dislocation Principle Part One: A Small World Re-Enactment, built in miniature
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA new Banksy work at the park
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDamien Hirst’s The History of Pain
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterScott Hove shows a snarling animal mouth apparently made from cake icing
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterCaroline McCarthy’s work Promise is a sea of ready meals with plants growing from them
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA close up of a new Banksy work, where migrants sit in remote controlled model boats at the White Cliffs of Dover
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWasted Rita’s posters adorn the walls at the back of the castle
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA killer whale jumps out of a toilet in a new Banksy
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