A friend of mine forced me to go. I heard the owner and his son talking, they were talking about positioning the heaters in the exhibition in a way that would direct the visitors to the souvenir section. Their only goal is to make more money.
There was a red fire extinguisher in the Italy Pavilion at Venice's La Biennale di Venezia in 1993. But no accompanying black waste bin. Excellent presentation in Prague.
Scam alert question: When we visited Prague a couple of years ago, we wanted to visit the castle. On our way there, we walked by the entrance to the Zahrada Na valech garden at the bottom of the hill. Next thing I knew, my boyfriend paid some random "ticket guy" so that we could walk through the garden to the top of the hill instead of going around the block. I'm convinced this was a scam and that the garden is free to walk through. Can you confirm?
Who understands Banksy will not go in these stupid exhibitions or buy unauthorised calenders and mousepads. Banksy doesn`t sell himself. All tourists should instead watch out for Cernys art in Prague. He`s genius too and it`s real.
I’ve lived in Prague practically my whole life and I walked past this place so many times on my way to Popocafepetl (great bar by the way) and I just instinctively thought that Banksy doesn’t ever do stuff like that. I never bothered to check but It’s nice to know that my instinct was right!
Well given that Banksy nicked a lot of his style and some ideas from other artists (Vive Blek le Rat!) I like the fact that these guys have set up a fake Banksy exhibit! 😂
I live in Bristol, UK. Banksy's home town. There is nothing like that here, tourists can take guided tours and see his surviving originals on the walls, there are a few in real museums as well. I'm not a fan of Banksy personally but I like the way the city celebrates the street art culture that he came from and was influenced by him
Literally in Prague right now after finding your videos a few months back. I thought it would be funny if I happened to see you around while I was here, and then I literally walked past you yesterday around Old Town (I can't remember where exactly). Thank you for bringing this incredible city to my attention. It truly is beautiful!
Fun fact I was near a Banksy in London so thought I'd check it out. Couldn't get to it because there were bullshit scam stalls in the way covering the wall...
Don't know what's a problem. In Moscow, here is close to the same exhibition. Nobody's say that's original. It's inspired by banksy and replicas... You can check the info before visiting. It was kinda fun.
Man, I was so stoked when we were in Prague and I saw the Banksy exhibition sign - luckily Banksy has pest control so legitimate Banksy stuff is easy to identify - those exhibitions are unfortunately all not associated with him whatsoever.
Just watched this video and decided to look up Bankskey and noted this same show will be in Toronto Canada in May. Ridiculous ticket prices for fake show.
@@FlashheadX They honestly get some world class exhibitions. In London or Paris there would be adverts for the current Kafkaesque exhibition all over the place.
Last year, when I visited Bologna, there was a Banksy exhibition. The guy selling the tickets told us from the start that there were no original pieces. He said it was an omage to Banksy.
As long Banksy gets some money out of it and people can see the replica and they like it, why not, not everyone can travel far and some paintings/art are very expensive. The old church is a nice touch to visit.
There is also a Banksy "exhibition" in Italy, but I doubt there are originals there too. I've seen one of his originals in Liverpool many years ago: the big rat. I do understand that some people might like the experience (this is possibly the better word for it) of such events, but since they aren't endorsed by him I rather don't go. That is definitely using his name and art to make money. Graffiti are ephemeral, the artists (at least until some years ago) knew about it, and where done in the rough areas of the cities. There they would brighten slightly the place because they were pretty, or funny or they pointed out injustices. Many years ago in Manchester (UK) I went to a talk by different graffiti artists from around the world and it was interesting the different perspectives but at the core everybody shared the similar idea: graffiti don't have a long life span and are to be enjoyed in the place the are made. Another great thing I've done there it was going around and find all the Space Invaders done by a French street artist in the city.
Another fake Banksy exhibition came to Frankfurt recently (not, I think the same one - this was called The Art of Banksy Without Limits). It's hard to be too mad (maybe because of strict German laws, they wrote "UNATHORIZED" (sic) in big letters everywhere), but it was hilarious to see them charging 24€ to go into a back room of one of those ripoff American candy shops to look at print outs from Instagram
Ano, yes I would like to see street art from Prague. Please recommend some places to see some. I regularly visit Prague and it would definitely check out the stuff you recommended
This exhibition, in various forms, exists for years. There was one in Bucharest a few years ago. So someone is making good money out of it... and I doubt some sort of charges are not paid, or else it would have resulted in a huge trial with some attorneys representing Basky.
A Banksy exhibition is also popping up in my country (Philippines). What's up with all these fake Banksy exhibitions? I hope it inspires them to make a new insanely iconic piece commenting on this
This is very interesting, there has been a similar exhibition on in London recently that says that they have lots of Banksy Original pieces, but I never visited so I dont know. I suspect they likely did have some real ones... but still the show would not have been approved by Banksy. But it would be interesting to know how many pieces were real or not. Regarding a street art edition of Honest Guide, I would love to see that, would be amazing! x
They hav a similar exibition in Oslo Norway. I thought i was free entrance, but cost 350 nok per person 700 for two persons. We did not go. It is also a fake show.
It's not a scam for the tourists, if at all it's a scam for the artist. I have seen actual banksy art pieces in the UK (9), France(3) and Germany (2), where i am from. I also visited this "fake" Banksy excibition in Germany and was able to see more life sized art pieces in a single day then in several years of traveling. So i think it is an absoluty fair thing to have an exhibition filled with replicas. I mean the point of street art is that it is a) scattared around the globe or town und b) temporary, if the city/building owner/sprayer decides to paint over. So having the replicas at least conserves them for time and makes it possible to be seen somewhere else then their original place. Also: Most of his pieces are stencil art. The point of that is to be replicated by just holding a can of spray paint against it. And I'm glad they even build replicas for the non-stencil art pieces. I will happily pay 14€ for beeing able to observe replicas in good quality. Banksys art is not necessarily about the artistic skill but more about the message of the pieces and the emitions they create within whoever looks at them. I could not care less if it was "real" or not. Also: Do you know FOR SURE that the mona lisa in the louvre is the actual mona lise and not a replica?
Honestly, wouldn't it be a very banksy thing to do, to open up a franchise of "unauthorized" banksy exhibitions, then claim no responsibility or connection to it, while in fact being the one behind it? Pulling a stunt like that would probably even be considered an artwork in itself. Imagine if those printed jpeg posters turns out to actually be parts of a global, genuine banksy piece. The art critics would say something like "this global art installation was motivated by banksy's curiosity to explore the relationship between art and capitalism and an attempt to disarm the classist art world". I'm not saying that this is what's up, but I just wanted to throw that out, because the fact that banksy even acknowledge this on his instagram makes me a bit suspicious. Why would he even give them that kind of free advertisement? He's leveraging the Streisand effect for sure, but the question is if it's on purpose.
The funny part about this is, that with Banksy's whole "no one knows who he really is, and he likes to pull stunts" kind of persona. In a weird way, you never really know for sure. Which ironically makes him easy to copy, because people will pop in, just in case it's legit. I also kind of feel like, sneaking a genuine piece in to a fake exhibit is totally something Banksy would do, feels like a stunt that'd be right up his alley.
This expo was in Amsterdam ages ago. Banksy is guerillia art. When placed in an expo.. it's not Banksy. Even the original art is stolen en sold through shady art traders.. it is not aligned with the artists vision.
When you were sitting in the chair, you should have had a paddle that reads "authorized" that you flashed to the people commenting on your use of the chair, without pausing your narration.
This church used to be a party spot in 2011 I think. How come it's a multi purpose space but you can't visit the basement or -1 floor you say it's the best part of it?
6:13 yeah it's very interesting seeing a beautiful piece of traditional architecture painted over with drab white paint i paint my living room with, filled with a fake scam art exhibition ripping of an artist who's own message has been lost due to their unwanted commercialization. Certainly is a good representation of post modernism, although I don't think that was the point or anyone elses take away. That was what I took away from this "piece"
Bro there are galleries like this ALL around the world for ALL types of artists - I dont get why this is such a shocker to you that needs to be 'exposed'? It clearly says its a tribute gallery NOT authorised by Banksy... People paid to see ART and they got to see ART...
Episode on Street art in Prague would be awesome
Yeah that is a good idea!
Yes please
Yes!
Yes, would love that. Saw so much cool stuff on our last trip, keeping our eye out this summer
Yes, I would very much like that. Good street art would move Prague higher up in my priority list!
A friend of mine forced me to go. I heard the owner and his son talking, they were talking about positioning the heaters in the exhibition in a way that would direct the visitors to the souvenir section. Their only goal is to make more money.
Therefore there's a phrase "Exit through the giftshop." Edit: They say it in the video I replied before that came up.
how shocking in a society built around capitalism as well
What else it should be? The art isn't for free, the rent of the exhibition space isn't for free, nothing is for free.
Unlike every other business?
I probably would visit it too despite the “problems”
There was a red fire extinguisher in the Italy Pavilion at Venice's La Biennale di Venezia in 1993.
But no accompanying black waste bin.
Excellent presentation in Prague.
So you're saying it is a copyright infringement? Or is it sufficiently different?
@@paulgooderham Similar form factor to the extinguisher. But I'd say this is more of a harmless tribute.
I would love to watch an episode about streetart! I bet you have some of Noriaki's Watcher in Prague, please find it!
Yes please Czech Street Art!!!
I also love you recognise the duality of graff and street art, you can't have the "good" without the "bad"
Scam alert question: When we visited Prague a couple of years ago, we wanted to visit the castle. On our way there, we walked by the entrance to the Zahrada Na valech garden at the bottom of the hill. Next thing I knew, my boyfriend paid some random "ticket guy" so that we could walk through the garden to the top of the hill instead of going around the block. I'm convinced this was a scam and that the garden is free to walk through. Can you confirm?
I would love to watch you guys do more art. I know many won't watch it, but there is at least a few that are interested.
Who understands Banksy will not go in these stupid exhibitions or buy unauthorised calenders and mousepads.
Banksy doesn`t sell himself.
All tourists should instead watch out for Cernys art in Prague.
He`s genius too and it`s real.
Watched so many of your videos before visiting Prague - great insight & helped us avoid scams and maximise our trip. Prague is a brilliant city!
I’ve lived in Prague practically my whole life and I walked past this place so many times on my way to Popocafepetl (great bar by the way) and I just instinctively thought that Banksy doesn’t ever do stuff like that. I never bothered to check but It’s nice to know that my instinct was right!
Well given that Banksy nicked a lot of his style and some ideas from other artists (Vive Blek le Rat!) I like the fact that these guys have set up a fake Banksy exhibit! 😂
Next you'll say Warhol was a thief and Picasso was a philosopher
I'd love to see an art episode!!!
I live in Bristol, UK. Banksy's home town. There is nothing like that here, tourists can take guided tours and see his surviving originals on the walls, there are a few in real museums as well. I'm not a fan of Banksy personally but I like the way the city celebrates the street art culture that he came from and was influenced by him
i'm in bristol too. anyone who went to the museum when he took it over briefly will know a real pop up banksy exhibition from a fake
Right in the heart... ...also make a Prague Streetart episode!
The fire extinguisher and trash can is amazing
Literally in Prague right now after finding your videos a few months back. I thought it would be funny if I happened to see you around while I was here, and then I literally walked past you yesterday around Old Town (I can't remember where exactly). Thank you for bringing this incredible city to my attention. It truly is beautiful!
I guess clip art is art, too.
Fun fact I was near a Banksy in London so thought I'd check it out. Couldn't get to it because there were bullshit scam stalls in the way covering the wall...
Don't know what's a problem.
In Moscow, here is close to the same exhibition. Nobody's say that's original. It's inspired by banksy and replicas...
You can check the info before visiting.
It was kinda fun.
Man, I was so stoked when we were in Prague and I saw the Banksy exhibition sign - luckily Banksy has pest control so legitimate Banksy stuff is easy to identify - those exhibitions are unfortunately all not associated with him whatsoever.
Watch “exit trough the gift shop” and see that Baksy himself don’t give a flyyyyyyying F! About any of this (and nobody else should either).
Just watched this video and decided to look up Bankskey and noted this same show will be in Toronto Canada in May. Ridiculous ticket prices for fake show.
Yes to more ART❤
Meanwhile at Dox you have Jan Švankmajer, David Lynch, and Jake and Dinos Chapman.
I went there recently and it was such a nice surprise to be suddenly standing in front of Lynch's art.
@@FlashheadX They honestly get some world class exhibitions. In London or Paris there would be adverts for the current Kafkaesque exhibition all over the place.
Yes, make an episode about street art in Prague... So much cool stuff to see.
Episode on Street art in Prague would be awesome
Last year, we went to "National Gallery Prague, Trade Fair Palace". Very impressive - recommended.
Last year, when I visited Bologna, there was a Banksy exhibition. The guy selling the tickets told us from the start that there were no original pieces. He said it was an omage to Banksy.
You mean homage?
@@arandombard1197 yes
I have never heard of Banksy until now
We have been in Prague this weekend, I saw the "museum" and i was very tempted to try it. I am so glad we finally did not have the time to enter.
Please do the Prague Street art episode🙏
Because of you we discovered Krištof Kintera at DOX. It was much more fun than even the real banksy. Thank you 🙏
Same exhibition in Kraków, Poland - lots of copies of Banksy's art.
It also said inspried not inspired by banksy lol
I can't believe it .... I thought it was real when I visited in October. I was a bit gullible. Great video !
camera wasn't even connected lol
As long Banksy gets some money out of it and people can see the replica and they like it, why not, not everyone can travel far and some paintings/art are very expensive.
The old church is a nice touch to visit.
Yes to art related episodes!
There's one of these opened up near me, however they are free and state implicitly that they are not featuring actual works.
The Same was in Germany Frankfurt, I was really hyped about this but after I was there it was not good and I also read that it was not original.
There is also a Banksy "exhibition" in Italy, but I doubt there are originals there too. I've seen one of his originals in Liverpool many years ago: the big rat. I do understand that some people might like the experience (this is possibly the better word for it) of such events, but since they aren't endorsed by him I rather don't go. That is definitely using his name and art to make money. Graffiti are ephemeral, the artists (at least until some years ago) knew about it, and where done in the rough areas of the cities. There they would brighten slightly the place because they were pretty, or funny or they pointed out injustices. Many years ago in Manchester (UK) I went to a talk by different graffiti artists from around the world and it was interesting the different perspectives but at the core everybody shared the similar idea: graffiti don't have a long life span and are to be enjoyed in the place the are made. Another great thing I've done there it was going around and find all the Space Invaders done by a French street artist in the city.
Another fake Banksy exhibition came to Frankfurt recently (not, I think the same one - this was called The Art of Banksy Without Limits). It's hard to be too mad (maybe because of strict German laws, they wrote "UNATHORIZED" (sic) in big letters everywhere), but it was hilarious to see them charging 24€ to go into a back room of one of those ripoff American candy shops to look at print outs from Instagram
I doubt that was a comment in that book from Banksy
thanks for the honest review and honest video 😊
Ano, yes I would like to see street art from Prague. Please recommend some places to see some. I regularly visit Prague and it would definitely check out the stuff you recommended
There's one in Montréal but after seing your video well...i won't go! Thanks guys.
Why isn't Banksy suing them? How can you fake someone's artwork and profit from that?
Probably because he would need to show his face in court and he would not want his real name to be found out!
Please, please…a guide to authentic street art 🙏🙏🙏 I’m an artist heading to Prague soon…for art!!!!
.."Feels like art"...
This exhibition, in various forms, exists for years. There was one in Bucharest a few years ago. So someone is making good money out of it... and I doubt some sort of charges are not paid, or else it would have resulted in a huge trial with some attorneys representing Basky.
I just went to the Prado art museum in Madrid today. Not a fake Bansky to be seen, very disappointing! :^)
so its a giftshop with a giftshop.
we have this in Montreal... such a tourist trap
Been quite tired of 'banksy' for about 13 years. Fair play for ripping off those prolonging the phenomenon
Snazim se naucit anglicky tak sleduju vase videa v anglictine a je to docela fajn😅
The Real banksy would be a tredlnik
A Banksy exhibition is also popping up in my country (Philippines). What's up with all these fake Banksy exhibitions? I hope it inspires them to make a new insanely iconic piece commenting on this
there is same low-effort money grab in Cracow, Poland
Another episode about the scammers from Kluci z Prahy. Keep going guys 😉
This is very interesting, there has been a similar exhibition on in London recently that says that they have lots of Banksy Original pieces, but I never visited so I dont know. I suspect they likely did have some real ones... but still the show would not have been approved by Banksy. But it would be interesting to know how many pieces were real or not.
Regarding a street art edition of Honest Guide, I would love to see that, would be amazing!
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We want an episode about street art in Prague. It would be amazing. Greetings from Romania
You must be a lot of fun at parties
They hav a similar exibition in Oslo Norway. I thought i was free entrance, but cost 350 nok per person 700 for two persons. We did not go. It is also a fake show.
I went to one in Atlanta, Ga. I didn’t like it but didn’t know it has nothing to do with the Banksy though, thanks
You went on holiday to Moscow?
The graffiti has been a blight on central Prague since the 90s. Why can't they get rid of it?
It's not a scam for the tourists, if at all it's a scam for the artist.
I have seen actual banksy art pieces in the UK (9), France(3) and Germany (2), where i am from. I also visited this "fake" Banksy excibition in Germany and was able to see more life sized art pieces in a single day then in several years of traveling. So i think it is an absoluty fair thing to have an exhibition filled with replicas.
I mean the point of street art is that it is a) scattared around the globe or town und b) temporary, if the city/building owner/sprayer decides to paint over. So having the replicas at least conserves them for time and makes it possible to be seen somewhere else then their original place.
Also: Most of his pieces are stencil art. The point of that is to be replicated by just holding a can of spray paint against it. And I'm glad they even build replicas for the non-stencil art pieces.
I will happily pay 14€ for beeing able to observe replicas in good quality. Banksys art is not necessarily about the artistic skill but more about the message of the pieces and the emitions they create within whoever looks at them. I could not care less if it was "real" or not.
Also: Do you know FOR SURE that the mona lisa in the louvre is the actual mona lise and not a replica?
Exactly 👏🏻
+1 for another art episode
more art, more!
Honestly, wouldn't it be a very banksy thing to do, to open up a franchise of "unauthorized" banksy exhibitions, then claim no responsibility or connection to it, while in fact being the one behind it? Pulling a stunt like that would probably even be considered an artwork in itself. Imagine if those printed jpeg posters turns out to actually be parts of a global, genuine banksy piece.
The art critics would say something like "this global art installation was motivated by banksy's curiosity to explore the relationship between art and capitalism and an attempt to disarm the classist art world".
I'm not saying that this is what's up, but I just wanted to throw that out, because the fact that banksy even acknowledge this on his instagram makes me a bit suspicious. Why would he even give them that kind of free advertisement? He's leveraging the Streisand effect for sure, but the question is if it's on purpose.
Same in other European cities. Lucky I Never visited those...
Y'all are awesome!
The funny part about this is, that with Banksy's whole "no one knows who he really is, and he likes to pull stunts" kind of persona. In a weird way, you never really know for sure. Which ironically makes him easy to copy, because people will pop in, just in case it's legit.
I also kind of feel like, sneaking a genuine piece in to a fake exhibit is totally something Banksy would do, feels like a stunt that'd be right up his alley.
Hope that your tour to Moscow went well, and as a Russian and moscovite I'm totally ashamed by this.
This expo was in Amsterdam ages ago. Banksy is guerillia art. When placed in an expo.. it's not Banksy. Even the original art is stolen en sold through shady art traders.. it is not aligned with the artists vision.
How are they getting away with that?
Yes! More art episodes!
It is Banksy-inspired. Banksy himself doesn't care about copyrights and stuff, why would you though?!
There are so many great artist in Prague
Like David Černý and his "Entropa"? That was A STORY! :D
When you were sitting in the chair, you should have had a paddle that reads "authorized" that you flashed to the people commenting on your use of the chair, without pausing your narration.
About an art episode:
Streetart is awesome, so let's go 👍🏼
This church used to be a party spot in 2011 I think. How come it's a multi purpose space but you can't visit the basement or -1 floor you say it's the best part of it?
Imagine going in to a museum and most of the stuff is stolen not just a copy. Do a video about the British Museum in London.
"we like art"
Did you visit fake Banksy exhibition in Moscow?
There was a Banksy exhibition in 2020 I think, in Mánes by Vltava
same thing
6:13 yeah it's very interesting seeing a beautiful piece of traditional architecture painted over with drab white paint i paint my living room with, filled with a fake scam art exhibition ripping of an artist who's own message has been lost due to their unwanted commercialization.
Certainly is a good representation of post modernism, although I don't think that was the point or anyone elses take away. That was what I took away from this "piece"
Street art episodeeee !!!!! ❤❤❤
Im not a big art guy. But I'd actually like an street art episode.
If you make a video about street art it will get you more views.
I love to go to art museums but I mostly look for videos when it comes to urban art.
Coming off as a hater tbh, but yeah street art episode would be chill.
6:27 Yeah, street art litter-all-y everywhere in Prague…
Even if its printed out, its still his work. Yes it's stupid to pay for it. But its not all of a sudden bad
yeah I´m czech and I were there too :/ well damn...
show us the greff of prág
it's some epidemic of this, just seen as poster for in Krakow
Street-art. Yes that would be cool. Museums, not really ...
Nejsou náhodou sochy na Karlově mostě a Orloj taky jen kopie?
Bro there are galleries like this ALL around the world for ALL types of artists - I dont get why this is such a shocker to you that needs to be 'exposed'? It clearly says its a tribute gallery NOT authorised by Banksy... People paid to see ART and they got to see ART...
Why would Banksy choose Prague?