Thursday, 23-May-2024


Yesterday was my natural history day – the museum, the botanical garden… lots of beauty, but lots of natural beauty.

Today was for something no less beautiful. Today was my art day.

I started off at a really interesting pop-up that I’d noticed while perusing google maps – a show in town, not permanent, for an artist who I’ve enjoyed for quite some time. Banksey, arguably the most publicized graffiti artist in the world.

The exhibition was interesting. It was almost all reproductions, from what I could tell, which was disappointing… but also makes sense in retrospect. My biggest takeaway, surprisingly enough, was just how commercialized his work is. How many pieces have been sold, and just how much money’s been made by his work.

I wouldn’t say that’s a bad thing, though. The final entry in the exhibition was about how he “did what all millionaires do, and bought a yacht”… but, in keeping with the irony of his work, that yacht is actually a rescue ship working to save migrants in the Mediterranean.

Doing that is a good reason to be a millionaire, I have to say.