Inside the new Banksy Museum in SoHo
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Grand opening of the Banksy Museum
The Banksy Museum on Canal Street in NYC officially opens today. FOX 5 NY’s Ryan Kristafer has the story.
NEW YORK CITY – The newly opened Banksy Museum in SoHo showcases 160 life-size recreations of the artist’s iconic murals.
FOX 5 NY’s Ryan Kristafer got the first look and spoke with an expert at the museum, William Meade.
A look inside
“He juxtapositioned all sorts of items to create a new experience.”
— William Meade
Some photos from inside the museum show many murals from Banksy, including two of his well-known pieces “Girl With Balloon” and “Love Is In The Air,” and the museum has some more recent pieces from the war in Ukraine.
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A view of the new Banksy Museum featuring reproductions of Banksy’s graffiti art from around the world on May 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
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“Banksy was a first of his kind, he brought street art up to another level that’s never been seen before,” Meade said. “He created, as you can see, took a ballerina and put it in the middle of a warzone.”
The museum...
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