June 18, 2023
Behind the Stencils: Banksy's First Show in Years
In 2023 Banksy staged 'Cut & Run' in Glasgow — his first official exhibition in 14 years, revealing the actual stencils behind his famous street works.
In summer 2023, the world's most famous anonymous artist did something rare: he opened a museum show. 'Cut & Run' at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art was Banksy's first official exhibition in 14 years.
It pulled back the curtain on his method, displaying the battered, paint-spattered stencils he had used to create some of his best-known street pieces — the actual tools of a clandestine career.
Queues stretched around the block. For an artist who built his fame on walls and secrecy, it was a candid, characteristically cheeky glimpse into how the magic is made.
Image: “Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, front view, 2018-06-27” — BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.