Banksy reveals new artwork – but location remains a mystery

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Banksy reveals new artwork – but location remains a mystery

Banksy’s latest piece of grafitti art has been revealed to the world – but where it was painted remains a mystery for now.

Images posted on the

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depict a lighthouse stencilled on a drab, beige wall, along with the words: “I want to be what you saw in me”.

A false shadow appears to have been drawn on the pavement from a nearby bollard, giving the illusion that the lighthouse is itself a silhouette of the mundane street furniture.

But unlike a lighthouse, the post gives little away as to the artwork’s location. A second, wider shot showing two people walking their dogs offers little more.

Geoguessers on social media have speculated that the street art may lurk in Marseille, in the south of France, while others debate how to interpret the work’s meaning.

Another 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 ********* graffiti artist Marco The Polo, whose

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account features photos of his own work but who has called Banksy an inspiration.

Banksy has kept his true identity a secret throughout his career, and it is only through the

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account that works are identified as genuine.

Often imbuing his works with a political message, his previous pieces have alluded to immigration, the war in Ukraine and homelessness, among other things.

The meaning of some of his works, though, is less clear – such as his motivation behind

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last summer.

Prior to the lighthouse, in December, Banksy posted another piece, depicting a Madonna and child with a fixture in the wall appearing like a bullet wound in her chest.

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