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Travelers at Milan’s main train station will this week be able to take a break from reproductions of murals by the elusive street artist Banksy.
“The Word of Banksy — The Immersive Experience” opens Friday in the Mosaic Gallery, at the train tracks of Milan’s monumental Central Station.
It features reproductions of some of Banksy’s best-known pieces, such as “Nola”, created in 2008 out of sympathy for the people of hurricane-stricken New Orleans.
Banksy’s street art has been recreated by young European artists and installed on backgrounds that mimic their original street surroundings.
New works reproduced include “Aachoo!!”, depicting a maskless woman sneezing and knocking off her dentures, and “Steve Jobs”, which Banksy painted on a wall at the entrance to the Calais migrant camp hoping to join the England.
The exhibition follows a previous Milan exhibition which later traveled to Paris, Barcelona, Prague, Brussels and Dubai.
It is open until February 27.
The exhibition is not permitted, but the curator notes that it has also not been challenged so far.
(The Associated Press)
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