Overview

• Discovered May 30 on rue Félix-Frégier near Catalans Beach, Banksy’s stencil depicts a dark lighthouse casting a white beam against a bare wall.
• The mural’s caption, “I want to be what you saw in me,” aligns with the artist’s penchant for enigmatic messages.
• Late on May 31, vandals applied crude purple paint circles to the image’s base and shadows to form a phallic shape.
• The anti-graffiti varnish had not fully cured, so heritage decorator Agnès Perrone conducted a careful restoration at dawn on June 1.
• Banksy posted an Instagram photo of the work without explanation, drawing crowds who documented the restored mural.