BANKSY - in New York

"We continue on our hunt for all the latest Banksy art pieces to pop up these days in New York City. The latest one we came across is in Chinatown..." click highsnobiety

Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop (Exclusive Sneak Peek)

"This is a exclusive five minute sneak peek into the first movie about Banksy. For more info go to: banksyfilm" via digitalbuyologie click youtube.

BANKSY - in Boston

"It's been amazing to see how Banksy's road trip across North America has completely energized local communities in San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto, and now Boston..." via woostercollective

BANKSY - in Toronto

"Looks like Banksy is continuing his North American tour. These pieces just popped up in Toronto, Canada..." see more at vandalog

BANKSY - in LA

Photos by Sonja Teri and Justin Vanhoy
via whoisbanksy + vandalog + laist

What is “Who is Banksy”?

"We wanted to create a Banksy resource quickly and efficiently to collect Banksy info from around the web and collate it in one place. “Who is Banksy?” is a site that we created in an afternoon to explore how quick and easy it is to create an aggregation site with tumblr – the answer – “very quick and very easy!” ..." via ukstreetart

BANKSY - in Park City

Banksy in Park City (Utah) found via inspirecollective for more photos visit thelonelyvillein

Robbo vs. Banksy - Graffiti vs. Street Art

"There’s a graffiti war going on! I think you all had heard about one of the hottest graffiti vs. street art battles. For weeks, new facts, info and backgrounds about Robbo vs. Banksy spooked through the urban art blogs around the world..." read full story at urbanartcore via urbanshit

BANKSY - on Channel 4 News

"A very interesting article on Channel 4’s website and piece on the 7pm Channel 4 news on Monday. Read it if you are interested in the art market..." read full story at vandalog

BANKSY - "Exit Through The Gift Shop" auf der Berlinale

"Der Film „Exit Through The Gift Shop“ von Bank­sy wird auf der Ber­li­na­le lau­fen. Hier (.​pdf) der Katalog mit allen Infos zum Film und hier im An­hang die Zei­ten & Orte .." via just + spiegel click banksyfilm

14.​02. 22:30 - Ber­li­na­le Pa­last (D)
15.​02. 15:00 - Fried­rich­stadt­pa­last (D)
15.​02. 20:00 - Ura­nia (D)
21.​02. 17:30 - Ber­li­na­le Pa­last (D)

BANKSY - fresh stuff in London

"Practically overnight, four new Banksy’s have appeared in London." via vandalog and woostercollective visit RomanyWG's flickr account for more photos.

BANKSY - "some assembly required"

"Yeah I know that Croydon has hardly been high on Banksy's hit list but take a look at this new piece fresh out of the can and tell me who else could have done this? ..." via artofthestate + inspirecollective check more photos on romanywg

BANKSY - Zorro / Highwayman

"Looks like this could be the latest Banksy piece, captured by Romanywg in Westbourne Park, London. It hasn’t been confirmed as a Banksy yet by his own website or anything, but street art authorities are calling a Banksy, the style fits and there is a similar sketch in his show at The Bristol Museum, so I think it’s a safe bet..." via vandalog + verynearlyalmost

UK Street Art x Banksy vs Bristol Museum

"UK Street Art made the journey to Bristol and we were blown away so much by the exhibition that we decided to pop up our own microsite dedicated to such a fantastic artist.

You can find articles, videos and a near complete photo gallery of the exhibition. This one will go down in history..." click ukstreetart.co.uk/banksy

BANKSY - The Naked Truth - (Interview by Shepard Fairey)

BANKSY - by Shepard Fairey - "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.

Most people think of art as a way of conveying emotions, as opposed to language, the means by which we express ideas. Whatever line there is distinguishing art and language, BANKSY paints over it to make it disappear, then stealthily repaints it in the unlikeliness of places.

His works, whether he puts them on the streets, sells them in galleries, or hangs them in museums on the sly, are filled with imagery tweaked into metaphors that cross all language barriers. The images are brilliant and funny, yet so simple and accessible that even children can find the meaning in them: even if six-year-olds don’t know the first thing about culture wars, they have no trouble recognizing that something is amiss when they see a picture of the Mona Lisa holding a rocket launcher..." read the complete interview on swindlemagazine.

BANKSY - photos from the 'artist's studio' area at Bristol Museum show

"These images have been in the Banksy vs. Bristol Museum show, in the 'artist's studio' area. There is some discussion that these are from Mali, not Egypt..." via vandalog + unurth.

Art-Online Korrespondentin Wiebke Gronemeyer ueber Banksys Ausstellung in Bristol

"Viel Lärm um Nichts: Das Street-Art-Mysterium Banksy hat im Museum zugeschlagen – natürlich ganz offiziell und gut vermarktet. Mehr als schaukelnde Affen und dumme Sprüche hat er aber nicht zu bieten. Seinen einst so unverwechselbaren Rebellen-Charme hat er wohl auf der Straße gelassen...“ via ilove graffiti weiterlesen auf art-magazin

So ganz unkommentiert kann ich so eine inkompetente Kritik über einen der bedeutensten Streetartist unser Zeit nicht lassen. Eigentlich wundert es einen nicht das die einzige negative Kritik über Banksys Ausstellung in Bristol aus Deutschland kommt.

Streetart wird hier in Deutschland schon einige Jahre als tot erklärt, natürlich nur von Kunst Kritikern, deren Kompetenz in Sachen Streetart und Graffiti wohl offensichtlich niemals vorhanden war.

Frau Wiebke Gronmeyer scheint da keine Ausnahme zu sein. Sie arbeitet als freie Kuratorin und Autorin in Hamburg und London, wo sie derzeit ihren MFA Curating am Goldsmiths College abschließt und eine Promotion der Philosophie und Kulturtheorie im September 2009 beginnen wird. Ausserdem schreibt sie nicht nur regelmässig für das Art-Magazin sondern auch für das Whitehot Magazine Of Contemporary Art und das Supercream Magazine.

Na wenn das keine Qualifikation ist um die Ausstellung von einem Streetartist wie Banksy zu beschreiben und zu bewerten ? Irgendwas in dieser Richtung muss sich wohl der Verantwortliche beim Art Magazin gedacht haben als er Wiebke Gronmeyers Text das OK gab. Vielleicht waren auch gerade alle in Urlaub, was in Anbetracht dieser Sinn und Argument freien Kritik wohl realistischer erscheint.

Einen guten Kommentar der ihre Kritik auf den Punkt beschreibt möchte ich hier noch erwähnen, da er eigentlich das ausdrückt was ich ohne Gift & Galle zu spucken momentan nicht bereit bin zu schreiben.


"Dieses Kommentar stammt aus unwissenheit und dem nötigen Verständnis für Banksys sozialkritische Aussagen. Die in Bristol gezeigten Arbeiten übersteigen das Niveau der meisten zur Zeit gehypten zeitgenössischen Künstler, um ein vielfaches.

Ich finde Banksys Aussagen nach wie vor 100% zutrefend auf unsere Gesellschaft. Zudem stellt er sich nicht wie die meisten seiner Mitstreiter permanent ins Rampenlicht, so das die Arbeiten der Künstler eher als Kulisse einer großen selbst Inszenierung dienen.

Ich denke das Fräulein Gronemeyer leider erst mal die realität erkennen lernen sollte bevor sie sich zu einem Inhalt äussert, in deren Welt sie wahrscheinlich selber einer von Millionen Statisten ist. Oder ist ständiger Konsum, Ignoranz und Narzissmus der Weg zum Glück und das Mittel für eine bessere Zukunft?

Darüber sollten Sie mal Nachdenken!" via i love truth @ just

BANKSY - goes home to shake-up Bristol (Interview)

Elusive graffiti artists talks on eve of largest project to date, inflitrating the Bristol collections (with permission)

"The iconoclastic graffiti artist Banksy unveils his largest project to date this weekend, when the doors of Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery are flung open to reveal that he has “remixed” the entire building..." read interview on timesonline

Bristol Museum Vs. Banksy (Opening)

"AM has some great pictures from the opening of Banksy’s summer show “Bristol Museum Vs. Banksy” (previewed) and is excited to share them with our readers..." click arrestedmotion

BANKSY vs. Bristol Museum

"Tomorrow is the opening of Banksy’s exhibition at the Bristol Museum. 100 works will be shown and this quote of the master himself sums it up perfectly: “This is the first show I’ve ever done where taxpayers’ money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off...” via todayandtomorrow