Banksy pays $50G for guarded art space in NYC
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Banksy’s gone fancy.
The famous graffiti artist paid a Manhattan property owner thousands of dollars to create his new art installation near the High Line -- a far cry from the days of scaling rooftops with cans of spray paint, workers involved with the project told The Post.
Banksy paid the property owner $50,000 to hang two canvas paintings for five days under an overpass on 24th Street near 10th Avenue, workers said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}That property owner then got permits for the project and paid a uniformed security guard to protect the exhibit, which features canvases of painted black-and-white soldiers next to images of colorful women wearing burqas.
On Saturday, the guard rattled off a list of rules to viewers near the roped-off artwork, explaining no booze or dogs are allowed near the art.