Banksy Better Out Than In #20

This was a great thing to get to see. I am so grateful that zabars put the glass around it so no one could ruin it. Thank you to them for not being greedy and exploiting the piece and allowing it to remain public for us to enjoy. Definitely go check it out, when we went, we were the only people there!

Perfect! I went on a Saturday and it was quiet. It didn’t seem like people knew they were walking past a Banksy.
There’s a security camera and the graffiti is covered in plastic so it can’t be vandalized. I believe it’s one of the last un-​touched Banksy’s in New York.
This is worth the trip!

Since we hit the harshness of winter with the much hyped Polar Vortex, I decided to see what happened to this past summer’s much hyped event… Banksy’s «Better Out Than In» on the Upper West Side. This seems to be the only remaining trace of the official documentation left on the Internet:
I was surprised not to find a listing for it on Unilocal.I could have sworn there was one.
Day 20 in the series has fared better than most of the others. It’s completely intact without any surrounding graffiti that I could see. But my view was mostly blocked due to the trash unceremoniously piled next to it. Oh how the worm turns…
I get it. Graffiti is transient in nature. It’s not made to last. But shouldn’t art strive to be more than just a passing fancy? You can’t even find it anymore on
. What was the point of all those people camped out in front of #20 in a semi-​circle, like the art was going to get up and dance a jig. Does anyone go thru their Instagram pics and say «Gosh! That Banksy on 79^th Street! Those were good times!»
I’m nostalgic by nature. So this, in my own awkward way, is my effort to memorialize something that turned out to be so trivial. *sigh*