If you can't go to Banksy, have him come into your house.
Bristol is to street art what Barcelona is to modernism . This June the city promised one of the most anticipated exhibitions on the subject, Bristol Street Art: The Evolution of a Global Movement at the M Shed.
But the current circumstances they do not allow knowing when the sample can be started again and if we can see it this 2020. The exhibition was going to include, of course,** works by Banksy**, which reappeared in Bristol last February just for Valentine's Day.
For this reason, the city has launched a series of tours and virtual tools so that we do not miss it so much. Do you want to know which ones?
Banksy Bristol Trail is an application to learn more about the history of the artist. This includes the last work that appeared in the streets of the city on February 13, a map to follow the route of his works , photos of all of them, and much more.
About the mysterious urban artist he has also prepared a virtual tour of the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery where can you see the Banksy's 'Paint-pot Angel , one of the most popular pieces in the 2009 exhibition, Banksy versus Bristol.
Beyond Bristol, Art & Culture allows us to get up close 12 works by the artist with a highly detailed street view.
The first of the paintings that appear in this online compilation is the one that appeared in the French embassy in London , one of the murals that corresponds to the series Calais Jungle . Also in London we can see the mural falling shopper , seven meters above the ground of Bruton Lane. This is one of the best preserved by the artist to this day.
The same cannot be said for the mural. Well Hung Lover , which was also found in Bristol but an act of vandalism killed it. Although now we can also enjoy it on this virtual tour.
In the city of Bristol is also the mural The Girl With The Pierced Eardrum , a reinterpretation of The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.