Kokomo says goodbye to Banksy’s ‘Haight Street Rat’
KOKOMO, Ind. — For a little over a month, the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library played host to art from one of the world’s most famous – and elusive – street artists. This weekend, Kokomo said goodbye.
The “Haight Street Rat,” a piece by Banksy, drew thousands of people to the library, where it was on display since Aug. 4. Brian Greif, owner of the piece and producer of the documentary “Saving Banksy,” visited when the artwork was installed and again this weekend to pack it up.
Greif previously managed television stations in California, but in 2013 he left his job to work on the documentary about taking the piece by Banksy down from the wall outside of a bed and breakfast in San Francisco and trying to find a new home for it.
On Monday, he visited with art students at Kokomo High School to discuss Banksy and other street artists, and some students wanted to know what got Greif interested in street art.