Everything We Know About the New Banksy Statue That Appeared in London Overnight

Everything We Know About the New Banksy Statue That Appeared in London Overnight

Whenever a new Banksy piece shows up in public, there’s always that brief period where everyone’s wondering if it was actually him. Sometimes it’s some other unidentified street artist riding the wave of his particular, some say cringy, perhaps a little too on-the-nose kind of social commentary. This time around, the mystery didn’t last long, as Banksy’s official Instagram account posted a full video of the installation of his latest piece. This…

New Banksy artwork appears in Central London

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New Banksy: Blinded by Nationalism

The artist Banksy has installed (without a permit, one assumes) a new statue in London that depicts a man in a suit marching off off a ledge, blinded by a flag. The artwork has been dubbed Blind Patriotism, although Banksy, enigmatic as always, doesn’t explain the meaning of his latest work. However, many have interpreted it as satirising the rise of nationalistic fervour in the UK, typified by the populist politician Nigel Farage and other forc…