Banksy : Genius or Vandal? Exhibition - Los Angeles — Local services in Culver City

Loved the exhibit itself. So happy I went. The way they set up every room with different themes was nice and they did a great job setting up so many art pieces. It was also much larger than I anticipated. With all the delays, my tickets got canceled twice when I booked and rescheduled, but so many things have been delayed recently, so it’s understandable these things can happen.a bit frustrating, sue, but some things you just can’t control.

It would have been good to know up front that there was valet for $10. We parked our car ourselves at first, until a valet person told us it would get towed. There’s free parking on the street though.

At check in, we were told there was an audio tour, but we didn’t bring any headphones. Some people played it on speaker, but even not being too loud, it was still too disruptive for me. I also couldn’t hear the audio for the few videos that were playing and there weren’t any subtitles to at least know what was being said in the short documentaries.

The VR experience at the end was actually really fun as the art pieces come alive. Just be careful to move with the images as much as you can, unless you want to end up nauseous when you have motion sickness like I do. It was doable, but I was looking around so much that at some point I couldn’t handle it anymore and had to look in the direction the video was playing. Definitely worth $5 though.it’s about 11 minutes or so.

I would probably go again, but with headphones and park...

"Banksy: Genius or Vandal?" - "secret" location in Culver City "You know its got nothing to do with me right?" the artist wrote. "I don't charge people to see my art unless there's a fairground wheel." -- Banksy about this exhibit.

While an unauthorized exhibition of the enigmatic British artist Banksy and hotly criticized by fans and Banksy himself, it's also a great way to learn more about the artist in a curated fashion. The organizers maintain that the show "democratizes the artist's body of work," providing access, and back story, to otherwise ephemeral Banksy works. People are really interested in his stance more than just his art. So this immersive traveling exhibit is more than just fun and Instagrammable, but also an educational experience.

I've chosen a few photos to share out of the more than 100 works featured in the exhibit — some re-creations of Banksy's public "wall" art and some "authenticated" pieces primarily from private European collectors (That includes limited-edition screen prints as well as sculptures, installations, videos, and photos. There's also an immersive, virtual reality tour and a replica of the artist's studio.)

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Updated Review 11/26: Exhibit is now open. I give the exhibit a 5/5 but a 4/5 for the exhibit organizers for not providing better updates. Many people were still able to purchase tickets and these tickets were still cancelled because the exhibit was not open. Now that it is please make sure to get your moneys worth. Make sure you get equal value tickets so that you don’t lose money or get credit on the app. Try and find street parking!! They have parking inside but it’s valet and you will have to pay. We got VIP tickets but when we arrived there was no line. The VR experience was pretty cool and if you have never done VR I do recommend it. We spent about 1.5 hours in here. Also make sure to bring headphones so you can use the audio features!

Do not purchase tickets, this exhibition will probably not happen. They have continued to cancel each day with almost no communication to the customer!!! They also don’t offer refunds, rather credit to book a ticket for the next showing which you might have guessed gets cancelled. Highly recommend you to stay away!! They don’t even post updates on their IG, those are all red flags. Listen to the other reviewers...