Girl with a Pierced Eardrum

{{Short description|Works by Banksy}}

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| artist = Banksy

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| completion_date = {{start date|2014|10|20|df=y}}

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| type = Mural

| medium = Stencil graffiti

| movement = Street art

| subject = Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer

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| condition = Partially defaced

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| city = Albion Dockyard, Hanover Place, Spike Island, Bristol, England{{cite web |title=Banksy Graffiti The Girl with the Pierced Eardrum |url=https://visitbristol.co.uk/things-to-do/banksy-graffiti-the-girl-with-the-pierced-eardrum-p2090683 |website=Visit Bristol |access-date=11 February 2023}}

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| preceded_by = Mobile Lovers (2014){{cite news |title=New Banksy 'earring' mural appears in Bristol Harbourside |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-29694941 |website=BBC News|access-date=8 February 2023 |date=20 October 2014}}

| followed_by = The Son of a Migrant from Syria (2015)

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Girl with a Pierced Eardrum is a 2014 mural by anonymous street artist Banksy, on the wall of a building in Hanover Place, Spike Island, Bristol, England. Appearing overnight on 20 October 2014, it is a parody of Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665 by Johannes Vermeer, instead replacing the pearl earring with an existing security alarm.{{cite web |title=Girl with a Pierced Eardrum, 2014 |url=https://banksyexplained.com/girl-with-a-pierced-eardrum-2014-3/ |website=Banksy Explained |date=14 May 2021 |access-date=8 February 2023}}

The mural was partially defaced with black paint two days after it first appeared, on 22 October 2014.{{cite news |last1=Stevens |first1=Jenny |title=Banksy's 'Girl with the Pierced Eardrum' vandalised in Bristol |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/22/banksys-girl-with-the-pierced-eardrum-vandalised-in-bristol |access-date=8 February 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=22 October 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Dearden |first1=Lizzie |title=New Banksy 'Girl with the Pierced Eardrum' appears in Bristol – and it's already been defaced |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/new-banksy-girl-with-the-pierced-eardrum-mural-appears-in-bristol-9807434.html |access-date=8 February 2023 |work=The Independent |date=22 October 2014}}

==Description==

File:1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring.jpg, which the mural is based off]]

Girl with a Pierced Eardrum is at the end of a small alley on a building in Albion Dockyard in Hanover Place, Bristol.{{cite web |title=Self-guided Banksy walking tour in Bristol: Where to see 10 original Banksy art |url=https://www.theintrepidguide.com/banksy-walking-tour-bristol/ |website=The Intrepid Guide |access-date=11 February 2023 |date=4 December 2019}} It is stencilled graffiti and depicts an enlarged version of part of Girl with a Pearl Earring, a {{circa|1665}} oil-on-canvas painting by Johannes Vermeer. It is on a wall, positioned so that an existing yellow security alarm replaces the pearl earring.{{cite news |last1=Frank |first1=Priscilla |title=Banksy Gets All Vermeer In His New Mural |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banksy-girl-with-a-pierced-eardrum_n_6017470 |access-date=11 February 2023 |publisher=Huffington Post |date=21 October 2014}}

It appeared overnight on 20 October 2014, with Banksy announcing the artwork on their website on the same day.{{cite web |last1=Jobson |first1=Christopher |title='Girl with a Pierced Eardrum' by Banksy |url=https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/girl-with-a-pierced-eardrum-by-banksy/ |website=Colossal |access-date=11 February 2023 |date=20 October 2014}} Two days later, the mural was vandalised and partially defaced with black paint, above and to the left of the mural. No culprit has ever been identified.