Insiders from that period describe Montanaro as the "den mother" of the operation. While Banksy stayed anonymous and Lazarides handled the press and high-end sales, Montanaro was in the trenches, printing t-shirts, rolling posters, and keeping the business solvent.
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By 2009, the partnership fractured. Lazarides left POW to open his own gallery (Lazarides Gallery) in Soho, taking much of the commercial momentum with him. However, when the dust settled, it was who retained control of the POW brand, the archive, and, crucially, the early print records. Insiders from that period describe Montanaro as the