With rock concert fanfare, the buy-in Banksy blockbuster comes to town putting a new spin on how, and why, we view art. Just so long as we exit through the gift shop.
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Banksy, Queen Vic poster; Image supplied
This week, a media release passed the desk of journalists announcing that the global touring blockbuster The Art of Banksy will be coming to Sydney this September.
Aptly presented at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney, the exhibition has already visited Melbourne (Federation Square, 2016), Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, Auckland, Toronto, Miami and is currently in Sweden. It would seem that people can’t get enough of Banksy, or at least the enigma that has become the brand.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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