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Police Have Not Yet Found Xlendi Graffiti Artist

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Photo: Steve Micallef Eynaud

The Malta Police Force have not yet found a popular British artist whose graffiti on the cliffside of the Xlendi Valley sparked social media outrage just over a month ago. 

“Kindly note that investigations regarding this case are still ongoing,” a police spokesperson told Lovin Malta. “The Attorney General and Heritage Malta are also assisting in these investigations.”

The graffiti bears the signature of Nathan Bowen, a popular British street artist who has spray-painted graffiti in popular sites in London, including Camden and Oxford Street. 

It has been adorning the Xlendi cliffside – which has become a popular tourist hotspot after it was used as the backdrop for Daenerys and Khal Drogo’s wedding scene in the first season of Game of Thrones – since at least last July.

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London street artist Nathan Bowen. Photo: Lumo

However, it only went viral in late September, following a Facebook post by surgeon and photographer Steve Micallef Eynaud. 

Back then, the Gozo Tourism Association decried the artwork as a “clear act of vandalism” and urged people with any information on Bowen to contact the police.  

Contacted by the London Evening Standard back then, a spokesperson for the Maltese police confirmed they were investigating the case. 

“We want to speak to [Nathan Bowen],” the police said. “We have tried, but we have not been able to find him. We are actively looking for him.”

Should the Maltese police hunt the artist down or just let it go? 

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