So, the other day the New York Times posted this article. It combines two of my fascinations: street art and urban exploration. Apparently there's a gallery in an abandoned subway station somewhere under Manhattan. The gallery features art by over 100 writers from around the world. The curators of the gallery created it in a reaction to graffiti winding up in the collections of "legitimate" fine arts collectors. Banksy, perhaps the most well-known street artist in the world, couldn't participate because we was busy promoting his documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, which happens to be largely about the mainstream art world's usurping of street art as the Next Big Thing. It's also about other things. It's really good. You should queue it up on your Netflix right now. And if you don't know who Banksy is, you should educate yourself. His stuff is subversive and hilarious. Here's proof:
And one last thing. Another blog I've been following about urban exploration: No Promise of Safety. Some of the places this guy accesses are insane. Also, the photographs are gorgeous.
