Banksy Film “Exit Through The Gift Shop”

Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop is the street artist’s first film and captioned in the trailer as being “The world’s first street art disaster movie”. The Banksy film which did not make the film festival’s catalogue was secretly screened at Sundance earlier this month.

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Banksy @ Regents Canal, London

Camden has been hit by 4 new pieces by the famously anonymous street artist, Banksy. The one above leaves reminiscence of a classic bit of work by Robbo, which had survived for over 2 decades. Take a look at the others. Read more »

Mantis and a Broken Toy Truck

Nope it isn’t another Banksy as many people were quick to assume. This neat stencil actually belongs to Mantis, check his website if you don’t believe us! Find the broken boy and truck between two phoneboxes in Homerton, London. Close up over the jump. Read more »

Shepard Fairey interviews Banksy for Swindle magazine

“One of the most inappropriate nicknames of all time, at least in my opinion, belonged to Ronald Reagan: “The Great Communicator,” who we’ve come to learn did a pretty shitty job of communicating the government’s problems and indiscretions. A nickname like that deserves a more righteous, honest owner—someone like BANKSY.”

Read the interview at Swindle

Ronald McDonald at Banksy show in Bristol

A new bit has popped up outside the Banksy Versus Bristol Museum show. Ronald McDonald sits precariously on a ledge with a bottle of whisky as his only companion. Spot the usually happy clown above the entrance as you head into the museum.

Mantis Creates a Banksy Banana Parody

New Banksy on Old Street? Nope… it looks like a Banksy but was actually put together by Mantis. The spot in London’s Shoreditch area had been used by Banksy a few times before. Mantis’ use of bananas has been drawn from the previous Pulp Fiction mural Banksy did a while back.

Check out the evolution of this space over the jump.

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Banksy’s Secret Bristol Project Revealed

Banksy, quiet of late, has just unveiled his most extensive project to date. Banksy’s creative vandalism now ironically inhabits the council-owned City Museum and Art Gallery in Bristol. Keeping the project under wraps, staff and passers by were told that the museum had been closed for filming. The exhibition is free to view throughout summer and features animatronics, installations and a sensory display.

Across the way the BBC also report from inside the museum!

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Top 10 Vintage Banksy

We’ve not seen any new Banksy bits in a while, so we dug deep in the archives (the internetz) and found these select vintage pieces from the famously anonymous artist.

Check out our top ten over the jump.

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Banksy @ Andipa Gallery | Something for the Weekend

Every Friday at 9am we will be posting up something for the weekend, our top pick of what’s going on between now and Monday. You can also check out the events page for other ideas. If you’re like us you probably over spent and over indulged last weekend, so why not take a nice relaxing trip to see some Banksy?

Andipa Gallery presents an exhibition of 20 original on canvas, pallet and steel by Banksy. Andipa was the first gallery to put on a major exhibition of Banksy’s work in the secondary market, showcasing one of the largest collections of the artist’s work. Over 25,000 people visited the gallery during the exhibition last year so be sure to stop by this year.

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Banksy Sketches

A few new Banksy sketches for you, the usual twists on social commentary as well as another trademark rat. More over the jump for you to think about.

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