Culture Jamming: Adding Street Art To The Met’s Collection

Dressed as a British pensioner, contemporary artist Banksy has installed four pieces of his art in New York’s most prestigious museums: The
Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern
Art, and the Museum of Natural History. He entered each of the galleries and attached one of his own works,
complete with authoritative name plaque and explanation.

He
told the Wooster Collective,

"This historic occasion has less to do with finally being
embraced by the fine art establishment and is more about the judicious
use of a fake beard and some high strength glue….[my art is] good enough to be in there, so I don’t see why I should wait!"

Staff
at the New York Met discovered and removed their new acquisition early
Sunday morning while Banksy’s discount soup can print took pride of
place in the MoMA for over three days before being torn down.

As of now, the other two pieces currently remain firmly in place…

Wooster Collective Report