Oliviero Toscani: Banksy's ship? I'd like to fund one myself

On the occasion of his participation in the Passaggi Festival in Fano, where he presented his latest book entitled Dear Avedon, photographer Oliviero Toscani said about the Louise Michel, the ship for an NGO to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean that the street artist Banksy financed and decorated with some of his famous images, including the famous Girl with a Balloon: "Banksy’s ship? I would love to have enough money to fund one myself, use one of these Costa Crociere ships and go get them. Our future will be made byimmigration, this is our fortune, this is the great opportunity. The artist has to be the first to understand that."

Banksy’s project is part of a rescue mission carried out in partnership with Sea-Watch, and this is the first time the well-known street artist is financially supporting rescue operations.

Oliviero Toscani: Banksy's ship? I'd like to fund one myself

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