Cans Festival, hosted by Bansky

Int'l Herald Tribune says:

LONDON: The graffiti impresario Banksy and a host of airbrush-wielding guerrilla artists blanketed the walls of a disused south London tunnel with offbeat murals as part of a three-day stencil-art street party that opens this weekend.

The subversive British tagger turned art-house sensation marshaled more than three dozen international artists for what he is calling the "Cans Festival" - and is encouraging visitors to contribute their own graffiti starting Saturday.

"I'm hoping we can transform a dark forgotten filth pit into an oasis of beautiful art - in a dark forgotten filth pit," Banksy was quoted as saying in the Times of London, which carried a preview of the exhibition Friday.

Jo Brooks, a spokeswoman for the festival, said Cans - a play on the famous French film extravaganza in Cannes - features at least one work from 40 international artists and collectives which sport names such as Bandit, Schhh, Pure Evil, and Orticancvoodles.

Flickr Set says:

PS: Shirley Dent del The Guardian piensa que todo esto es una charada comercialista llena de rebeldia sin causa, y prefiere irse a una expo de memorabilia del meme del mes (mayo del 68) en una expo cercana llena de recuerdos y frases anarquisticamente ingenuas...