Artwork painted on a Los Angeles billboard on February 16, 2011. Street artist Banksy’s first film “Exit Through the Gift Shop” is up for an Oscar — and it seems the subversive Briton may be waging an unorthodox award campaign on the walls and billboards of Los Angeles. (Photo: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
Banksy goes to Hollywood
Last week, it was reported that anonymous street artist Banksy won’t be allowed onstage at the Academy Awards in the event that his film Exit Through the Gift Shop picks up the best documentary Oscar, which prompted us to speculate that he may pull a prank or two on Hollywood.