A new sculpture has appeared in the heart of London, set upon a plinth in St James’s, Waterloo Place, among the bronze statues of Edward VII and the Crimean War Memorial.
It shows a figure in a suit, striding forward with certainty, while a flag unfurls violently behind the individual, sweeping around the head like a storm‑caught veil and blotting out their sight. The figure leans past the edge of the plinth, suspended in the instant before a fall.
Banksy’s signature is engraved at the base.
The political message is a sharp metaphor: a flag — symbol of belonging, unity, pride — becomes a shroud. What should illuminate instead obscures. What should steady instead misleads. The march, usually a gesture of purpose or solidarity, turns hollow and perilous when severed from vision, awareness, or doubt. Conviction without sight becomes a step into emptiness.
For the summer 2025, Butterfly Art News is pleased to curate the exhibition “Street Art JoigNY – Street Art de New York a Joigny” retracing the Street Art movement from its origins 60 years ago to its global phenomenon.
For the past two decades Butterfly Art News has been documenting the artists’s creative process in situ, from their studios to their street interventions and exhibitions.
Featuring works from 70 international artists combined with photographic archives from Butterfly Art News and artistic collaborations, the exhibition dresses a wide panorama of this artistic movement, from the graffiti pioneers to a cartography of street artists across the globe, with its variety of techniques and tools.
The 9ᵉ edition of the Urban Art Fair returns to Paris from 24 to 27 April 2025 under the hall of the Carreau du Temple. This international art fair dedicated to urban art will feature over 100 international artists with 40 exhibitor galleries based in France, Italy, Benelux, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Singapore, Japan and USA
Some highlights include collaborative works between Martha Cooper (US) and Logan Hicks (US) with Pascaline Mazac, solo shows by Hopare, Kan (DMV), Levalet , Alëxone Dizac , GOin, Danny Cortes, Jakman , Rahayu Retnaningrum, Jokin SorTwo, Andre Berger.
Galleries not to miss: Taxie Galerie, Thinkspace, Underdogs Gallery, Museum of Graffiti.
Sato Gallery will showcase Japanese artists: EXCALIBUR, Takeru Amano, YUFI, DEBZA WAS HERE, CLT
The Block A Collective presents CHIMERA: Hybrid Realities. It will be an opportunity to discover the Singapore street artist scene with artists like ANTZ, Asfi K, Eunice Hannah, METAMO Industries, Yang Derong, Speak Cryptic, Soph O, Steve Lawler/ Mojoko, THE GOODNIGHT GANG (GDNT)
Exhibited artists include Cey Adams, Add Fuel, Illan Argüello, Valentin Bechade, Blade, Blu, Buffmonster, Pieter Ceizer, Ceizer, Clet, Juan Cuellar, D*Face, Nina De Angelis, Olivia de Bona, Flavien Demarigny, Jo Di Bona, Matt Dosa, Maxime Drouet, Eneri, Eron, Fenx, Frankey, Futura, Ghilini, Raphael Gindt, HYDRANE, In the Woup, Djan Ivson, JonOne, Kamo, Kaves, Leon Keer, Kouka, Kraken, Alex Kuznetsov, L’Atlas, Benjamin Laading, Tomas Lacque, Lantomo, Marlen Letetzki, Arnaud Liard, Lor-K, Yann L’outsider, Daniel Mac Lloyd, MARA, Carlos Mare, Maye, Millo, Mioshe, Monkeybird, Mosko, Murmure, Riccardo Nannini, Nexgraff, Hom Nguyen, Gabriella Noelle, Onemizer, OX, Ozmo, Papa Chango, PAROLE, PichiAvo, Sandra Rojo Picón, Quik, Raider, Nuno Raminhos, Rero, RNST, Jean Rooble, Amir Roti, Jaime Sancorlo, Daniel Sueiras, Oscar Seco, Iker Serrano, Inigo Sesma, Skio, SpokBrillor, STOUL, Taroe, Tcheko, Erni Vales, Jérémy Vatutin, Zed1, Ziké.
A dedicated programme includes a series of conferences and film screenings, book signings, multimedia presentations about MAP360, a transatlantic artistic exchange collaboration as well as an offsite installation by Arnaud Liard in the Galeries Lafayettes Champs Elysees.
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Location:
Urban Art Fair Paris
24-27 April 2025
Le Carreau du Temple | 4 rue Eugène Spuller, Paris 3e
With a continuous fascination of trains since their early beginnings, Brazilian graffiti duo OS GEMEOS is now co-operating with Märklin, a German company founded in 1859 and market leader in the global model railway industry.
Florian Sieber from Märklin , Düsseldorf Mayor Clara Gerlach, Os Gemeos and Hood Gallery owner Peter Michalski
Together they are presenting two new, strictly limited art wagons for collectors and model railway fans. The models can be discovered at www.maerklin-messagewagons.com until 11 April at 23:59 CEST.
Their colourful, cheerful figures are emblazoned on two Märklin Message wagons that combine art and model railway in a unique way.
While visiting the Märklin production company in Göppingen, the artists were inspired by the attention to detail with which each model is created. A motif was spontaneously created on site on a wagon in its original size.
Märklin is now releasing this motif as exclusive Märklin Message Wagons in the 1:32 (1:87) and H0 (1:32) model railway scales.
‘We are crazy with the details – anything is possible here,’ the twins put their delight into words during their visit to the Märklin factory.
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