4.5.5 Museu Banksy

Rua Viriato 25B

Location HERE.

Open every day.

From the darkly comic ...

Ground floor of a building close to Picoas Metro (Linha Amarela), and round the corner from the hideous looking Lisbon Sheraton. Not a big museum, and not cheap, but a fascinating look at Banksy’s work, including lots of rats, and of course the balloon girl.

... to the just dark

Much of what’s on view is reconstruction of his oeuvre, well known and, in many cases, not. Context, world events at the time, including the plainly ridiculous “Get Banksy” campaign from New York City, all is set out. You can see how stencil art, a key component of many Banksies, happens. Some of what you will see is amusing, some darkly comic, and some just dark. It is not easy to come away optimistic at the state of the world.

There is also the inevitable gift shop, where you can buy all kinds of memorabilia, including Banksy T-Shirts.

Metro Picoas or Parque, buses 722, 727, 736, 738, 744 and 783 on Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo nearby.

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