Invasion Alert: Invader’s New Pieces Land in London Ahead of Triple Trouble
London’s skyline has been quietly invaded once again. In the days leading up to the much-anticipated Triple Trouble exhibition, the elusive French artist Invader has returned to the capital, embedding a series of new mosaics across the city’s architecture… a pixelated trail teasing what’s to come.
Opening Thursday, 9 October (6–8 pm) at Newport Street Gallery, Triple Trouble brings together three of contemporary art’s most distinctive voices: Damien Hirst, Shepard Fairey, and Invader. The exhibition, which runs from 10 October 2025 to 29 March 2026, promises a dynamic collision between Hirst’s conceptual precision, Fairey’s political iconography, and Invader’s digital-era interventions. Together, they form a dialogue between street and studio, protest and precision, chaos and control.
In the buildup to the show, Invader has left Londoners with subtle provocations, coded mosaics appearing in unexpected corners, reframing familiar streets as galleries in themselves. These new pieces merge his signature 8-bit aesthetic with fresh references that nod to his co-exhibitors: polka-dot grids echoing Hirst’s chromatic order, and stylised visages reminiscent of Fairey’s OBEY lexicon. It is, in essence, a form of street-level storytelling, an ephemeral preface to a major institutional event.
One of the first confirmed invasions emerged on Lexington Street in Soho, where Invader installed a trio of mosaics that has since ignited a flurry of speculation among followers and fans. The arrangement is a classic space invader tile positioned beside a Hirst-inspired pattern and Fairey’s unmistakable monochrome face, that encapsulates the spirit of the exhibition before its doors even open.
For Londoners, this latest invasion offers more than a treasure hunt; it signals a convergence of artistic worlds rarely seen under one roof.
There, nestled between the yellow glow of a corner façade and the hum of late-night footsteps, three pixelated tributes appeared overnight shared by Invader on his instagram account: Invader’s signature space invader tile, a Damien Hirst-style polka-dot pattern, and Obey’s unmistakable face motif — a perfect teaser of the creative collision to come. Image Invader
As the first mosaics glint under London’s streetlights, the message is clear: the invasion has begun, and it’s inviting us all to look closer.