Art collection

Poking a finger in the eye of authority, like only he can. Biting message. Laced with clever wit. Forever calling each of us to a higher level of conduct. It took Elise Grenier and me four years to "save" this 10 ft x 10 ft BANKSY and put it on public display. Read the amazing pictorial story in the hotel's BANKSY room.

“Like Emile Zola said, ‘If you ask me what I came in this world to do, I, an artist, came to live out loud.’ I admire rebels, and the anonymous rebel BANKSY came to live out loud in New Orleans in 2008. His 16 stencils reminded the world that New Orleans matters. Did you hear the story of the conservationist Elise Grenier, the impossible dump truck driver, the improbable Italian chemist and me? Unreal story - 16 years in the making. So, with great gratitude, we feel impossibly lucky to and put this mural back where street art belongs - on public display." - Sean Cummings, International House owner.