The Cans Festival

Aug 19, 20080

The Cans Festival reopens

BIG news, The Cans Festival is reopening this weekend in time for the Bank Holiday. Not much information right now….but all we know is that it’s going to be big…completely cleaned from the last time and brand new work….OH YES

We will back at the weekend, if not before, with photos and coverage…keep coming back to check for updates

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Cans Festival tagged up

Walking through the abandoned Eurostar terminal-turned impromptu stencil art museum that is BANKSY’s infamous “Cans Festival,” it seems that the Bristol bad boy has his share of detractors after all. Just two months after the show’s debut (it’s scheduled to remain on public display until Fall) it seems the local graffiti droogs have made their feelings regarding England’s prince of street art known in the form of ubiquitous tagging throughout the tunnel. Do we smell an old school graffiti war brewing? No chance, that would be way too “street.” The Queen will probably have her royal art conservators on the job restoring the place by week’s end.

Source: Supertouch - check the link for more pics

The Cans Festival - Photo update

Went back to the tunnel today after checking out the Street Art at the Tate Modern, and was glad to see that it’s not been defaced too badly When I originally went (on the first day) - the end part wasn’t open, so I wanted to go back today to see what was down there - and here are the results…