BARELY LEGAL

Thursday nite saw the special VIP preview of Banksy’s guerilla art installation “Barely Legal” in LA’s downtown warehouse district. Highlights included a live pink elephant and a vandalized delivery truck INSIDE the gallery, a melted British phone booth & a display case featuring Banksy’s newly “remixed” Paris Hilton CDs and a colony of live cockroaches. With almost all works priced in the $100K range, this seemingly gritty space was truly the realm of the art elite as actors, musicians, models & art world royalty vied for the “privilege” of purchasing Sir Banks’ new creations. Afterwards, ultra-VIP revelers repaired to the luxe Roosevelt Hotel pool lounge for some all-nite action. To his credit, the B-boy was nowhere to be found. Was it the art show of the year or the greatest art heist of the 21st century?