Graffiti artist hits the Tate

A graffiti artist smuggled his painting into the prestigious Tate Britain museum in London last week, gluing it onto a gallery wall. Until it crashed to the floor hours later, the work hung unnoticed in a room of 18th century landscapes.

The artist known as Banksy, who created the latest album cover for the British pop group Blur, is selling another version of the painting at a London gallery with a video of him hanging it on the wall for $25,000. The original is being held in the lost property division of the Tate, according to the museum. The painting depicted a rural scene with police tape stenciled on it, with a caption saying Banksy’s work is “inspired by cannabis resin and daytime television,” according to the Independent of London.

“People often ask whether graffiti is art,” the artist told the newspaper. “Well, it must be; now it’s hanging in the ... Tate.”