I love this idea. A reader directed us to a
BetterWall, website that sells the street pole banners advertising museum
exhibits. You may not be able to afford the artwork itself but getting the massive poster is quite reasonable. The one
shown here, which at 99" long needs a big wall, sells for $745. The program helps keep the vinyl banners out of
landfills and the museums get a portion of the profits. Some of the banners have wind-slits to withstand high wind but
don't have large rips, tears, or fading.
[Thanks, Eric]
A $135 million painting is out of all but the richest budgets. But for less than $1,000 you can have a version of Gustav Klimt's Adele painting in your home. To promote its exhibition, "Gustav Klimt: Five Paintings from the Collection of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer", the Neue Galerie created banners featuring the 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer to hang along Fifth Avenue at 86th street. There are eight Klimt banners which measure an impressive 96" H x 35" W. They sell for $979 and will be available from Better Wall, a company we have covered before which specializes in selling display banners, as of next Thursday March 29.
