As I missed out on getting my hands on a Banksy, I’ve been looking around for an alternative.

My buddy from Scottsdale, Evan Hartstein, pointed me in the direction of Faile – a New York Art Collective – who he knows pretty well and who have been taking the art world by storm recently – not least with a huge presence at the Tate Modern.

Luckily I got my hands on a print in August which is being framed at the moment so I’ll write that up another time.

But on a recent trip to Amsterdam the most amazing coincidence happened!

The girlfriend and I had decided on a well recommended B&B called Boogaards in Langestraat really near the station.

As we walked down the street looking for the B&B we saw some Faile on the wall!

A few more yards down the road we stumbled upon some more, painted on some wooden bin covers outside some social housing.

  What was incredible was it was right outside the B&B’s door and Peter, the owner, had no idea who they were or that he was staring at a potential goldmine.

I emailed Faile and they confirmed it was genuine from a few years ago:

“Hey Mel,

Cheers for the pictures, that was a good wall, nice find.  Hopefully they stay up on the street for a while!

All the best,

Matt
Faile”

I’m looking forward to their London show:

“Lost In Glimmering Shadows”

It’s going to be from 7th to 17th of November but not sure where yet!

More on my print when I get it back from the framers!