Blind patriotism

Artwork: Banksy, Untitled, Westminster, London, 2026

Well, Banksy just put up this statue in Westminster, London, and it’s getting heaps of feedback, as usual. The guy in a suit waving a flag, his sight obscured, and about to step off the pedestal sums it up really: blind patriotism, nationalism and stepping blindly into the abyss. A cautionary artwork, that one commentator wrote, “Quiet at first, then impossible to unsee.”