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Banksy Update #2: Art In The Late Afternoon, Well, Early Evening

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The latest form Banksy’s website is that a photo of a new artwork will go online at 6 pm EST, not 5 pm EST as he previously posted.

Is this for real? Or another Banksy art prank?

Time will tell.

Meanwhile if you have time to kill and missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20, day 21, day 22, day 23. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy: No Art “Due To Police Activity”

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For day #23 of Banksy’s “Better Out Than In,” there is no new artwork, according to Banksy’s website.

The “police activity” that Banksy refers to took place Monday when, according to Gothamist! police forced Banksy to take his Ronald McDonald shoe shine piece off the street.

Below this line of text is what appears today on Banksy’s website.

Read the Gothamist! story here.

Photo via Gothamist!.

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20, day 21, day 22. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy NYC Art Day #22: Look At The Sphinx, But Don’t Drink The Water

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Today we are more than two-thirds of the way through Banksy’s month-long “Better Out Than In” exhibit of art on the streets of New York.

So far, Banksy has generated more press and pushed more buttons during the first 22 days than any other artist in recent history. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but you get the idea. This artwork in located in Queens.

Today (October 22, 2013, Banksy writes on his website under this photo of his latest artwork: “Everything but the kitchen Sphinx. A 1/36 scale replica of the great Sphinx of Giza made from smashed cinderblocks.You’re advised not to drink the replica Arab spring water.”

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20, day 21. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy NYC Art Day #21: Boy, Butler, Paint Cans

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Located in the South Bronx.

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy NYC Art Day #19: Ants Going For The Honey, Baby

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For Day #19 of Banksy’s “Better Out Than in” the artist has uploaded a video of ants chaotically running around a crack in a wall (or maybe it’s on the ground).

The camera eventually pulls back to reveal the partial outline of a woman’s body, with the crack strategically located, making this piece, located on Staten Island, a potential spoof of Gustave Courbet’s 1866 “L’Origine du monde.” Then again, perhaps Banksy is commenting on the reaction in NYC to his art. Or to anything that gets media attention. Or not.

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

Banksy NYC ART Day #18: Two Collaborations With Os Gemeos

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For Day #18 of Banksy’s “Better Out Than In” New York street exhibit the artist is showing two collaborations he made with Brazilian artists Os Gemeos, on West 24th Street, between 10th and 11th avenues.

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Today (Oct. 18, 2013) on his website Banksy writes:

“Are you the sort of person who enjoys going to art galleries, but wished they had more gravel in them? Then this temporary exhibition space is for you. Housing just two paintings but also featuring a bench, some carpet and complimentary refreshments. Opens today through Sunday 11am til midnight.”

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Banksy has also included audio about today’s art:

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If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”

At the bottom of Banksy’s Oct. 18 post on his website he writes:

People ask why I want to have an exhibition in the streets, but have you been to an art gallery recently? They’re full.

And finally, the owner of the building that Banksy stenciled yesterday (Oct. 17, 2013) has an article, “I’m the Accidental Owner of a Banksy,” that you can read here.

Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist

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With a front page headline screaming “Get Banksy!” the New York Post reports that police are on the lookout for the world famous graffiti artist.

“Law enforcement sources have told The Post Banksy will be charged with vandalism if he’s found scribbling his stencils on city walls,” The Post reports.

But the Daily News in New York reports that police are not actively looking for Banksy.

“It is graffiti, so if someone complained about it, members of the Vandals Unit would investigate,” a police source told the Daily New. “I haven’t heard of anyone complaining.”

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls Banksy a vandal, not an artist.

“Graffiti does ruin people’s property and is a sign of decay and a loss of control,” Bloomberg said yesterday (Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2013).

“Art is art, and nobody’s a bigger supporter of the arts than I am,” he continued. “I just think there are some places for art, and there are some places [for] no art. You running up to someone’s property or public property and defacing it is not my definition of art.”

Now if I was Banksy, I’d be quite happy to have the Mayor of New York talking about me. How cool is that. Banksy as Batman?

Banksy NYC Art Day #17: In The Shadows

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On his site, under the above image, Banksy writes: “I don’t read what i believe in the papers.”

If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video” and “Source For Banksy’s “Concrete Confessional” Revealed.”

Banksy NYC Art Day #16: The Artist Takes On McDonald’s (& Jeff Koons)

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Banksy describes today’s art piece on his website as: “A fibreglass replica of Ronald McDonald having his shoes shined by a real live boy. The sculpture will visit the sidewalk outside a different McDonalds every lunchtime for the next week. Today: South Bronx.”

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There’s also an audio guide for today’s art. You’ll enjoy it.


If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video” and “Source For Banksy’s “Concrete Confessional” Revealed.”