
New Banksy mystery location revealed
created: May 30, 2025, 10:32 a.m. | updated: May 31, 2025, 11:18 p.m.
Images posted on the elusive artist's Instagram depict a lighthouse stencilled on a drab, beige wall, along with the words: "I want to be what you saw in me."
Its location was initially a mystery, but BBC Verify has confirmed it as Rue Félix Fregier in the southern French city.
An image of the art circulating online shows a blurred person riding a scooter in front of the piece, with a graffiti tag seemingly reading "Yaze" further along the wall.
The tag matches that used by a Canadian graffiti artist Marco The Polo, whose Instagram account features photos of his own work but who has called Banksy an inspiration.
Prior to the lighthouse, in December, Banksy posted a piece depicting a Madonna and child, with a fixture in the wall appearing like a bullet wound in her chest.
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