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Shows, Toulouse

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From October 2 to November 1, 2026, French artist YllH<++ symbolically invades the Monument to the Glory of the Resistance, a building with brutalist architecture, with a series of multidisciplinary site-specific installations, a tribute to all forms of resistance, from past resistance movements, such as the Corps Franc de la Montagne Noire (CFMN), to all current resistance movements around the world.

A politically engaged artist, his creations address the conflict of war, as well as the plight of migrant populations, and pay homage to all forms of resistance, past and present.

The installations transform the memorial into a living space for questioning.

The public is invited to search for clues, interact with others to find more information, decipher these enigmas, or simply open the door to their imagination and appreciate the present moment.

The past engages in a dialogue with the present. Visitors experience an immersive and progressive journey. Architecture, memory, and contemporary creation interact, amplified by its dense, subterranean atmosphere

GPS coordinates: 43.5918° N, 1.4531° E

Allées Frédéric Mistral – 31400 Toulouse

Free admission / Wednesday to Sunday

Free guided tours via   billetterie.monuments.toulouse.fr  

http://resistances-mgr.mrkr01.com/en

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-r-e-s-i-s-t-a-n-c-e-s- <tout finit par passer>

Monument to the Glory of the Resistance

October 2 to November 1, 2026

Allées Frédéric Mistral – 31400 Toulouse, France

France, Paris

Paris: We are [still] here

Following a successful first edition in 2024, We are [still] Here brings contemporary urban art into dialogue with Parisian Petit Palais more classical and historical masterpieces.

A striking contrast, worlds colliding… and an exhibition well worth seeing!

Curated by Mehdi Ben Cheikh from Galerie Itinerrance, the exhibition presents over200 artworks from 75 French and international artists.

Featuring : ADD FUEL, AKACHA, BOM.K, BTOY, CONOR HARRINGTON, D*FACE, DACRUZ, DAN23, DAVID DE LA MANO, EL MAC, EL SEED, EVAZESIR, FAFI, FAILE, FENX, FKDL, HERA, HOM, HOPARE, HOROR, HUSH, INTI, INVADER, JAN KALAB, JANA & JS, KAN, KATRE, L’ATLAS, LE CYKLOP, LEK & SO WHAT, LOGAN HICKS, MADAME, MARKO93, MARK JENKINS, MAXIME SIAU, MAYE, MIAZ BROTHERS, MISS VAN, MOSKO, NAJAH ZARBOUT, NASTY, NICOLAS PANAYOTOU, NILKO, ORTICANOODLES, PAKONE, POSE, REA, RERO, RETNA, RETRO, ROA, ROMAIN FROQUET, SAMAN & SASAN, SANER, SEIZE, SALMA MESTIRI, SETH, SHAKA, SHEPARD FAIREY, SPEEDY GRAPHITO, STEW, SUN7, SWOON, THEAZEE, TIM CONLON, TRISTAN EATON, VINNIE, VHILS, YSEULT YZ DIGAN

Until 20 September 2026

Petit Palais — Paris

London, streets

London: Meanwhile

Wicked Changes VI has partnered with artist Aida Wilde to present Meanwhile… 10 Years Back, an exhibition looking back through 10 years of Hackney Wick to the iconic Napier project and the Save Yourselves exhibition of 2016 (covered here). The exhibition is spreading over 2 sites in Hackney Wick from July through to September.

July 2016 saw the decent of the “Lunatics” in a 48-hour take-over of the iconic Lord Napier derelict pub situated on the corner of White Post Lane in Hackney Wick. The brain child of local artist/social commentator Aida Wilde, who curated the project and organised over 29 multi-disciplinary artists – all of which had either lived, worked, or contributed to the ever-changing landscape of the artistic/street art scene of the “wastelands & warehouses” over the years. 

To mark the 10 year anniversary of the “Lunatics Takeover” of the Lord Napier, and to commemorate this iconic and influential project that took place on a landmark building that was the beating heart of Hackney Wick, Aida Wilde and Felstead Art have invited artists and creators to participate in an open call exhibition. Part archival and part curation, the exhibition showcases both those who have captured or documented this monumental building between the dates of 2016-2020, as well as those responding to the ever changing environment of Hackney Wick since.

Exhibiting works by Aida Wilde, Ahmad El Mad, Alex Robertson, Alice Valentina Biga, Annika McSeveny, Ben Wakeling, BUTTERFLY, Cian O’Neill, Danny Purtill, Dave Stuart, Dean Woods, Dwayne Brown, Graham Elder, Herve Constant, Janice Taylor, Jeanette Barnes, Johnny Truant, Lawrence Brand, Lorella Bianco, Luna Park, Lydia Thornley, Mackenzie Scott Clowes, Mark Rigney, Matthew Payne, Ripley Fletcher, Simon Cole, SCULPTURE (Reuben Sutherland & Dan Hayhurst), Tom Ward, Tomas Baltazari, Will Edgecombe. 

Pictures courtesy of Michael Wormack

Wicked Changes VI, Meanwhile | Part 2

Meanwhile… 10 Years Back in Hackney Wick

Part One: until 28 August 2026
Felstead Art | Studio, 12 Felstead Street
London E9 5LT

Part Two: until 5 September 2026
Felstead Art | Trampery, 13 Rookwood Way
London E3 2XT

London, Videos

Video: Aida Wilde interview for V&A Museum

The Victoria & Albert Museum just revealed a fantastic interview and insight into Aida Wilde’s practice and creative process.

Aida Wilde is currently part of the exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum titled “Lasting Impressions: Women Printmakers 1900–Now“. The show highlights 25 women printmakers spanning more than a century, among them Käthe Kollwitz, the Guerrilla Girls, and Nikki de Saint Phalle.

On view until Sunday, 27 September 2026
Victoria &Albert Museum South Kensington, London

London

London: Banksy sculpture

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.