Cans Festival

Banksy is a British graffiti artist who specializes in stencil graffiti. His work is often satirical and directed at politics, police, government, the established artworld, and celebrities. He is also famous for walking into major art museums (such as MOMA, the Met, and Tate) and putting his own creations right up on the walls with titles and seeing how long they take to be noticed and removed.

Banksy set up an art "exhibition" this past weekend in London called Cans Festival in which he and other stencil graffiti artists took over an unused tunnel. The tunnel walls and other props were then covered with their work, and everyone else was encouraged to join in with their own art at the festival. The result is some pretty amazing murals, such as the one above by Banksy. Check out a slideshow of photos from the exhibition:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/romanywg/sets/72157604852764513/