I had (selfishly) hoped to wait until I dug my claws into this before spreading the word. However, then a little publication called the New York Times went and ruined that plan…
The rumors are true: Banksy is — or was, or has been — in town, and he’s doing more than just painting, or hiding.
This one is not a mural but an installation: a mock pet supply shop, filled with animatronic creatures like a rhesus monkey and would-be creatures like fish sticks swimming in a tank. The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, as the green awning reads, is Banksy’s first official exhibition in New York, his representatives say, and it will be open to the public daily through Oct. 31.
“I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming,” Banksy said in a statement distributed by a publicist, “but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing.”
