In Marseille, fans and tourists picked up by a new Banksy – Liberation

The rumor located him in the Panier district. This Thursday, May 29, appeared on the official Street Artist Banksy the Stencil of a Lighthouse, extending the shadow of a sidewalk pot, as there are everywhere. The specialized English sites mentioned Marseille as election land of the first work claimed in 2025 by The anonymous artist of Bristolwithout nevertheless giving the address. The fans then investigated, post by Potlet on Google Street View, and the exact location appeared on the networks. Far from the basket.

It is in a small tunnel in the 7th arrondissement, near the Catalans beach, that one of the first fans came in situ check if the networks were true. Esteban, the forties, of Colombian origin, is assaulted by the handful of journalists present on the scene, for the moment more numerous than street art enthusiasts. It is the sentence that accompanies the drawing of the lighthouse, in addition to its attraction for street art, which has led it so far: « I want to be what you saw in me » (« I want to be what you saw in me »). « It makes sense to me, it speaks to me, because I am in the middle of a divorce », he explains before taking a picture of the stencil from every angle.

It is then the turn of Susan, British, professor