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October 18, 2013December 15, 2023

Calling Out Banksy

New Yorkers Are Calling Out Banksy
by Nina Strochlic
The Daily Beast
October 18, 2013

Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD, an anonymous New York artist”s collective, and a community of graffiti writers make strange bedfellows. But the disparate groups have one thing in common: they”re calling out beloved street artist Banksy as he prowls New York City on a 30-day tagging quest.

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Steve (not his real name) is the founder of TrustoCorp, an anonymous New York-based guerilla art group known for its subversive signs and other pieces meant to highlight “the hilarity and hypocrisy of human behavior.”

And that”s just what he set out to do on Monday, when he installed two street signs in New York City pointing out the irony of Banksy as a world-famous multimillionaire maintaining the persona of a rebellious street artist. Each sign cited a parody sponsor by “CitiBanksy” and “Banksy of America,” and featured twists on the elusive tagger’s own work. Continue reading “Calling Out Banksy”

October 14, 2013December 15, 2023

Banksy Carries On

From Deborah, Michael, & Toni:

Banksy’s month long New York show “Better Out Than In” continues. Here’s work found in the streets from October 11-14, 2013.

October 14, 2013, Queens

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Says Banksy:

Some people criticize me for using sources that are a bit low brow (this quote is from ‘Gladiator’) but you know what? “I’m just going to use that hostility to make me stronger, not weaker” as Kelly Rowland said on the X Factor.

October 13, 2013, Banksy originals sold for $60 each in Central Park

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Want to know who bought them and how much they were worth? Read about it here.

October 12, 2013, Concrete Confessional Continue reading “Banksy Carries On”

October 6, 2013December 15, 2023

Banksy’s in NYC: Better Out Than In

From Marcy LaViollette: Banksy has taken up residency on the streets of NYC for the month of October, 2013

From Banksy’s Better Out Than In Website:

October 6 – No posts today due to shocking footage found on YouTube:

October 5

A New York delivery truck converted into a mobile garden (includes rainbow, waterfall and butterflies) will visit a different location every evening from dusk.

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Images found around town (some have already been tagged over) from October 2nd & 3rd: Continue reading “Banksy’s in NYC: Better Out Than In”

May 30, 2012December 15, 2023

Banksy’s Prank TV Special, The Antics Roadshow, to Air in the U.S.

Revised May 30, 2012 (original post, August 16, 2011):

Joey Skaggs is featured in Banksy’s first television special “The Antics Roadshow.” Originally broadcast in the UK on August 13, 2011, it premieres on Logo TV, Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 8/7c.

Watch a promo here:

Or, follow this link to the doc”s page on the Logo TV website, where you”ll be able to watch the entire thing early next week.

August 19, 2011December 15, 2023

Banksy’s Antics Roadshow Ads

Updated and corrected August 19, 2011:

From John Lundberg of circlemakers.org:

Banksy also played around during The Antics Roadshow ad breaks. Here’s a compilation of his handy-work.

Here too is a recent piece he put up outside Bristol on the M32, which is featured in one of the ad breaks. In our earlier post, we suggested it might be part of the ‘See No Evil’ street art project that starts on August 20, 2011 in Bristol. But, apparently it’s not… Funny, none-the-less.