Earlier today we went to Museu Banksy (Museum Banksy), which is conveniently located right behind the hotel where we are staying. The exhibition was well presented with detailed explanation of each piece that Banksy created. Although I knew they were all reproductions, I didn’t realize that the famous anonymous artist actually has never authorized the exhibition. Neither this one in Lisbon nor others in New York or Paris. This fact suddenly put a dent in the whole experience.
Banksy has clearly expressed his opinion on consumerism and capitalism through his art. (Whether his work is art or vandalism is a different matter..) I have to wonder what he truly thinks about all these pro-profit Banksy Museums around the world which none is authorized by the artist himself.
Note: the image is one of many murals that Banksy created in Ukrainian cities ruined by Russia.
