Just a matter of time until we see a show like this at the Tate

we kinda already have

You have to pay to get in to look at art that would have/has been on the streets?
Is that a joke?
Wtf is that all about?

he should of just just put an exhibit up in a public space in a city in a few differnt country instead of endorsing a gallery which he claims to be so against

Im surprised there was an entry fee

I can't speak for what the Bristol Museum did with the Banksy exhibit, but every major museum I have ever visited in the world has charged an admission/donation of some amount. It's how they keep their doors open and the lights on ...

Nevertheless, I think it is quite a gesture from Banksy to front the costs of admission on Mondays for the remainder of the exhibition. Cheers to him/her/them!

RPM

blu alone was paid 10k€ for his (censored) mural... I doubt they can cover all the costs just with the gift shop.

This is soo true.

You shouldnt have to pay artists to take part, they should be willing to do it for free.

I don't get some people's thought process sometimes.
So every Museum, (institutions that collect, safeguard and make accessible artifacts and specimens, which they hold in trust for society) should be free so YOU can use to inspire and educate yourself? What about the Board of Trustees, Director, Curators, Engineers, Staff, Maintenance and Laborers that ensure a safe exposition and provenance of The Art? Fuck em'? And, Artists should volunteer their hard earned interpretations, (ART) of the world around/inside of us? After not only taking the HUGE risk involved in full time dedication to a craft, but the unfathomable amount of hours spent honing/analyzing their works?

$10(<£8?) sounds like a bargain to me! Or you could have just flown around the World seeing it for yourself...oh wait...

There's no argument or complaint here, not on my part anyway. I was simply pointing out in response to someone else, that there are some very big/prestigious museums around that you can just through without paying. I am happy to pay a fee to see any exhibition I'm excited about and agree with your 1st comment.... These places do all have staff and bills to pay. I always end up spending money in the "free" museums too, either in their overpriced gift shops on trinkets or buying a cuppa tea and a slice of cake.

Street art is called street art for a reason, why the f**k is it in a museum in the first place. In my opinion it's a shame that any so called street artists got involved with this project, that includes Banksy....then again I'm sure there was plenty of money to be made

I don't think street art has come full circle at all otherwise it would be all about profiteering and products and fame and new prints and museum shows....ah wait, it is, maybe you're right. Should artists who illegally vandalise the streets then seek recognition and a source of income for their misdemeanors? doesn't that defy the whole point?

I don't like the taste this show leaves in my mouth, this whole museum homage to street art doesn't seem to sit right with me. I think I used to understand the whole need for an artist to show their work off, to hit a bland wall with a colourfull art work, to leave a mark, to beautify, to express, make people smile, be a bit rebellious and all that crap, now all I see is artists using the medium as an instant platform to fame and fortune. Maybe there's nothing wrong with that, we all have to start somewhere......I don't bloody know.

I tell you one thing that does make me want to puke though.......when a so called street artist spends years pumping out work under a street name but then, after a while, drops that name and starts promoting themselves under their own name in an effort to be taken more seriously.....what a load of old bollocks that is!.....I've seen it quite a few times now.


Graff is for the streets not a museum or gallery.

I neither have my 'knickers in a twist' nor am I 'bent out of shape' (whatever that means). We all know who the c**ts on this site are (many of them prominant members who never seem to get questioned or doubted) but you're right, it is amazing how so many of them get away with what they do.

You've talked me right round now cg, all museums and galleries should have a street art section for us ruffians, mouths need to be fed and air conditioning needs to be paid for. We should all become street artists before we get left behind.