TIMEOUT — Street artist Invader secretly covered Marseille in mosaics this summer

More than 80 of his iconic pixellated aliens have popped up across the French port city

If you’ve ever been to Paris, you’ll probably be acquainted with the mosaics of Invader. More than 1,000 of the street artist’s works adorn street corners across the City of Light. Much like the ubiquitous, slightly disconcerting posters of un certain John Hamon, you’ll come across those iconic pixellated aliens pretty much everywhere you turn in the French capital.

In recent years, the anonymous artist’s works have also been popping up on walls in big cities as far-flung as Los Angeles and Hong Kong. But his latest target is much closer to home. Over the summer, in fact, he has secretly installed more than 80 artworks all over the French port city of Marseille, from the historic Old Harbour to the touristy bays of the nearby calanques.