In the autumn of 2019, Banksy filled a shopfront in Croydon with a collection of new artworks, announcing it on social media as his new venture, Gross Domestic Product. One of the highlights of the collection was Banksy™ Met Ball: a riot helmet symbolising authority, law enforcement, state control, and violence, juxtaposed with the disco ball’s connotations of fun and entertainment. Together, they form a hybrid object, wittily named after one of the most important events on the celebrity calendar: the Met Ball.

This piece was sold for £500 and described as a home entertainment lighting system, crafted from an old police riot helmet with approximately 650 mirrored facets.