Children of Men Art

Picasso When Theo enters the dining room in Battersea power station, the large black and white mural behind him is Pablo Picasso's "Guernica." The same image is drawn on the wall of the tunnel which Theo and Kee use to escape in the rowboat. The painting was Picasso's reaction to General Francisco Franco's bombing of Guernica, Spain, the Basque capital, during the Spanish Civil War, which killed an estimated 1,600 civilians

Pink Floyd The floating pig from the cover of the Pink Floyd album "Animals" can be seen when Theo's car enters the "Arc of the Arts" (above the Battersea Power Station), and later when Theo speaks to his cousin. The album was released in The film is set in 2027, which will be the LP's 50th anniversary. The designers flew an inflatable pig above the building to create the original cover photo Pink Floyd Album Cover Children of Men remake

Banksy When Theo is walking down the ramp on Battersea Power Station, a stencilled image of two policemen kissing can be seen on a wall. The image was created by "Banksy", a British "guerrilla artist" who specializes in that kind of work. Other Banksy works appear in the film, including a stencilled image of a child looking down a shop.