Crude Oils opened on 22 October 2005 at 100 Westbourne Grove in London and was Banksy’s third major exhibition after Severnshed and Turf War in 2003. It featured 20 + versions of classical oil paintings by Van Gogh, Hopper, Warhol, Turner, and Monet. Also present were 200 live rats and some interesting sculptures.


















Channel 4 did a feature on the exhibition: