House of Banksy Wien - Flex-/Geschenkticket - November
Austria Premiere:
"House of Banksy Wien" - The pop-up exhibition about the street art superstar!
The creators of the successful exhibition "The Mystery of Banksy - A Genius Mind" are returning to Vienna - and this time with an Austria premiere! Following the great success in 2022 with over 100,000 guests at Studio F of the Vienna Stadthalle, the development continues as a pop-up exhibition: Starting from October 23, 2026, "House of Banksy Wien - An Unauthorized Exhibition" will be experienced at METAStadt.
In total, more than four million people have visited one of the two exhibition formats at 41 locations in twelve countries, making them the most successful and popular Banksy exhibitions ever. At METAStadt, the audience can expect a specially designed presentation covering around 1,700 square meters. More than 150 motifs of the celebrated street art artist will be displayed, including his latest works. Thus, "House of Banksy" is among the most extensive and sought-after Banksy exhibitions worldwide.
And right next door awaits another extraordinary highlight: Starting October 16, "Bubble Planet Wien - Experience Museum" transforms the Vienna METAStadt into a fantastic world of colors, light, and illusions. After over six million guests worldwide, this multisensory experience is coming to Austria for the first time. Visitors can expect imaginative thematic worlds filled with LED oceans, balloon landscapes, optical illusions, and virtual reality on approximately 1,800 square meters.
1 Ticket - 2 Experiences: With the combo day flex ticket, visitors can explore two extraordinary worlds of experience in Vienna - "House of Banksy Wien" and "Bubble Planet Wien" - and save up to €24 compared to purchasing individual tickets. The flexible ticket allows visitors to attend both exhibitions on the booked day without a fixed time, offering maximum freedom when planning their day. Two experiences, one ticket, and loads of unforgettable impressions - the perfect opportunity for a special day in Vienna.
Graffiti, photographs, sculptures, video installations, and prints on various materials such as canvas, fine art paper, wood, aluminum, plaster, concrete, and brick have been specially reproduced and compiled for this exhibition. In an elaborate and unique setting, visitors will gain a comprehensive insight into the oeuvre of this exceptional artist. This homage and the displayed image installations are not authorized by the artist himself due to his still anonymous status. About 80% of all exhibited graffiti and work motifs are now hardly or not at all accessible in their original form. They have been removed, torn down, destroyed, spray-painted over, or ripped from the walls and then auctioned off for high prices. Some of them, especially his screen prints, are now in private ownership or held by art dealers.
The equally impressive reproductions, created live on-site by an internationally renowned team of graffiti artists specifically for each exhibition, allow the viewer to walk in the footsteps of Banksy and make his art understandable and experienceable in a never-before-seen way and from close up. "We want to make the works and especially the messages behind each of his actions and works accessible to the public again and emphasize how important it is to protect the few remaining originals in the public space. An exhibition like this featuring originals, for the reasons stated, is not possible on this scale," says Oliver Forster, the producer of the exhibition.
The exhibition "House of Banksy - An Unauthorized Exhibition" brings the message of this artistic genius closer to a wider audience without needing to travel far. Here, one can visit the most famous street art works of Banksy in one place and encounter his engagement with various focal issues such as war, xenophobia, police violence, people fleeing, capitalism, global warming, violence against women, CCTV, or even the Corona pandemic in a completely different way. A major Austrian daily newspaper wrote about it: "A Banksy exhibition is like a sprayed mirror of society" - and a Banksy exhibition is always current and in tune with the times. Banksy wants to inspire and touch people with his art while also polarizing and provoking thought. There is no comparable artist who consistently manages to stage himself with his sometimes spectacular yet thoughtful actions in a media-effective manner. He does not use his art to draw attention to himself or his latest work, but to highlight injustices and focal points that we all too often prefer to ignore. The locations are consciously and carefully selected by him. Perhaps that is why Banksy undoubtedly counts among the most significant artists of our time.
He is often referred to by the media and professionals as the modern Robin Hood.
This extraordinary art experience is curated by Virginia Jean. The young curator and gallerist from England, now living in Berlin, is a versatile designer and an unchangeable creative. After many years in the classical art market, she created numerous projects and exhibitions in the field of street art. Due to her background and her passion for creativity and free art as a means of communication, Banksy has always been a significant influence and inspiration in her life. She is an expert on his works and a specialist in the street art industry.
"Banksy addresses significant truths and problems in our world with his creations, which we would rather close our eyes to. A Banksy work touches everyone and is directed at everyone, whether they want it or not. That is why it is personally so important to me to exhibit Banksy's works, to make them accessible to the world, and to celebrate them. Banksy is writing history with his art - the history that is our current reality. The exhibition is a must for anyone who enjoys engaging with art, politics, current world events, and especially themselves, and has a sense of bittersweet irony," says the creative director of the exhibition.
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