“A new Banksy statue of suited man walking off a ledge in London.”

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Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.com).

The new statue was installed overnight in Waterloo Place. (Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty Images)

Attributed to Banksy, a New Statue of a Suited Man, Blinded by a Flag and Walking Off a Ledge, Appeared in Central London

The artwork was installed under the cloak of night this week, less than two months after a journalism investigation into Banksy’s true identity was published

Christian Thorsberg

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