A raft of never-before-seen works by street art icon Banksy have landed in Salford. The Art of Banksy exhibition is the biggest collection of pieces by the mysterious artist in the world, and features 145 art works in a purpose built exhibition space now set up at the main plaza of MediaCity.
The exhibition is unauthorised by Banksy, who has never agreed to any kind of exhibition of his work, so is made up of pieces loaned by more than 40 collectors. Among them are sculptures and prints that are unique to the show, and have never been exhibited before anywhere in the world.
Curator Michel Boersma told the Manchester Evening News: “This is the 15th city we’ve visited since 2016, and this is the biggest version of it we’ve ever brought together. Some iconic, some unknown.
