News A man in a suit, his face covered by a flag, walks toward his own demise. April 30, 2026 — 1 min read Banksy's new statue in Waterloo Place, London (photo Martin Pope/Getty Images) Banksy is back. Not with a mural this time, but with a full-blown sculpture in the heart of London.  The provocateur from Bristol confirmed in a video on his Instagram account today that he is indeed the creator of an imposing statue at Waterloo Place in Central London. To dispel any mystery, he also scratched his signature on the statue's base.  The monument depicts a modern man in a suit walking off a plinth with his face covered by a flag. Banksy's left his signature on the base of the plinth. (photo Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Installed covertly in the early hours of Wednesday, April 29, the statue is in proximity to a cluster of monuments celebrating the bygone glory of the British Empire: bronzes of King Edward VII, Florence Nightingale, and the Crimean War Memorial.…