A Banksy Film

The Coup de Grace coming. It was announced this morning that Banksy's first film, Exit Through The Gift Shop, will hit theaters in the United States beginning on Friday, April 16th in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Dates for additional cities across the country, including Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, will be announced soon! Over the weekend Banksy also released the official "one sheet" poster for the film to the right. ------>






The movie stars Mr. Thierry Guetta, an overnight art-world sensation (or wholesale, bogus creation), who produces work under the tag name Mr. Brainwash. Check out the trailer for the movie below.

Banksy’s film, Exit through the Gift Shop (the title is a swipe at museum merchandising and the fetization of Art), has made Mr. Guetta something of a shooting star. Just in time for the film’s premiere, Mr. Brainwash has his own New York City gallery debut. In a two-floor space at 415 West 13th Street, he’s showing pricey gift-shop art in his show titled "Icons". So is this all an elaborate farce? There are two ways to determine that: on film and at the gallery. The show is extended through May- perhaps through June- maybe longer...