Banksy has been at it again, this time in New York. He entered the MoMA, The Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Natural History, leaving behind each time a different piece of his art on the walls. Some of his work hung for days before being spotted. The site is worth checking out. Here’s one of my favourites:
Banksy is a growing brand. I bought a Benjamin Zephania CD recently which came with a booklet of Banksy’s street art. I’ve blogged about his stuff before.
UPDATE
The blogosphere has been full of banksy these last few days. Apparently the Tesco Value Soup in the style of Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup is sitting in the security office at the MoMA ready for collection. Here’s a chance for someone to blag their way to a genuine banksy. The other museums are keeping their contributions. Very wise.
Note to Banksy: come back to London and work outside again. One of my favourite pastimes is discovering a new banksy whilst getting lost during what I thought was a shortcut.
Banksy. Separate blog items have appeared from Cool Hunting, Metafilter, and my freind at tired fools. The picture here is one I took in Bristol in my first few weeks there. At that time, […]
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