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I went to the banksy showcase in amsterdam. Looks like it was fake, not authorized by banksy.

• Udik 8y ago
  I don't get how not being authorised by Banksy makes it a fake. I don't think authors need to authorise an exhibition of their work to make it "real". Btw, just outside the Moco in Amsterdam there's the van Gogh museum. Did van Gogh authorise that exhibition?
  • milin 8y ago
    May be it was my wrong choice of words. I don't know why but while I was there, if felt as it was co-ordinated with Banksy. Knowing it was not authorized, kinda feels like they were not 100% honest.
    • Udik 7y ago
      Well, it's not your choice of words, it's Banksy's own website that calls them "fake" exhibitions. And I don't think he's right: the works are real, so the exhibition is real. Of course, once released, a work of art has a life independent of that of the author.