Banksy’s provocative and revolutionary art for the first time in Assisi, to send a message of peace and hope to the world. Over one hundred works by the iconic artist of contemporary street art will be on display from April 16 to November 2, 2025, in the land of Saint Francis. A unique project, inside the evocative Rocca Maggiore, a medieval fortress and symbolic monument that dominates the UNESCO heritage city. The exhibition – which boasts the patronage of the Umbria region and promoted by the Municipality of Assisi, produced by Opera Laboratori and curated by Stefano Antonelli and Gianluca Marziani – is entitled “Peace on Earth”, taking inspiration from the graffiti made by Banksy in Bethlehem, on a wall near the Milk Grotto. An iconic writing, which contains a postscript: “Terms and conditions apply”. This is the basis of the project, which proposes an investigation into the value of peace in Banksy’s art and sees as its symbol a dove with a bulletproof vest and an olive branch in its beak, which fights precisely to bring peace. A theme that animates both the spirit of the city of San Francesco, and the hand of the anonymous British artist and activist, who has always been committed to topics such as justice, freedom, environmental protection, pacifism, through irreverent works, where the dissident criticism of violence occurs through powerful images that are immediately accessible to all, between joy and irony.

The exhibition is divided into sections, placing the public in front of original works, which the artist created in his studio from 1998 to 2010. Among these are some iconic and highly valuable images, such as Flower Thrower, the flower thrower, and Girl with Balloon, the girl with the red heart-shaped balloon, in its original version from 2004. Extraordinary and exclusive pieces, because if many know Banksy’s public work, very few have access to his work produced in the studio. Materials ranging from the original signed and numbered silkscreens produced by Pictures On Walls from 2001 to 2009, to the entire production of original album covers made for Blur, Hombre records and Wall of Sound, Bansky’s entire videography, posters, books, t-shirts, original photographs, as well as works by artists who inspired, collaborated and supported the British artist on his journey.