More Photos of ‘Banksy Versus Bristol Museum’

Opening publicly tomorrow, “Banksy Versus Bristol Museum,” is supposedly the street artist’s biggest, most comprehensive non-retrospective. The show runs through August 31st, meaning there’s plenty of time for the Banksy obsessed to try and figure a UK trip into their summer plans. More images of the not anonymous street artist’s installation after the jump.

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Video of ‘Banksy Versus Bristol Museum’

Following this morning’s photo and video preview, here’s footage of “Banksy Versus Bristol Museum,” an enormous exhibit taking place in the elusive street artist’s hometown. Instead of an overexcited host explaining away the art, you get Banksy and his assistants smashing statues and putting the finishing touches on the show.

Banksy Torches Ice Cream Truck in Bristol Museum

Tomorrow, the Bristol Museum opens without their regular artifacts. In their place: robotic cops, a burned out ice cream truck, Guantanamo prisoner effigies, animatronic animals and the sort of tongue-in-cheek pseudo-political paintings you’ve come to expect from millionaire street artist Banksy. Of the roughly 100 works on display in “Banksy versus Bristol Museum,” more than 70 of the pieces are brand new, while some others, like the portable toilets from Bog Henge and chicken nuggets from the Village PetStore & Charcoal Grill, are reworked. Pulling off the hometown show in secrecy meant keeping all but a few people in the dark, including Museum staff and city officials for who the show’s takeover is a surprise. The BBC helps break the silence with a video tour below as well as photos of the new exhibit. Read more »

An intrepid street art enthusiast ventured down to Bristol’s City Museum to confirm rumors it would be hosting Banksy’s summer show. Through a gap in the windows he snapped a shot of part of the elusive street artist’s 2007 portable toilet stonehenge, which helps explain the “2 Girls 1 Cup”-style ice cream cone on his website’s announcement. |Bristol Street Art|

Following speculation of an upcoming Banksy exhibition in Bristol, the slightly anonymous millionaire street artist confirms some rumors with this excretion. |Banksy|