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Unauthorised Banksy exhibition to hit Sydney

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.

25 Jul 2019

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

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.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina