Walls&Love 2026 Brings Four New Murals to Valence by Tournier, SOBEKCIS, Taquen and Sêma Lao

Key facts

• Walls&Love 2026 is the fourth edition of the Valence mural and graffiti festival, organised by the Sorry Graffiti collective with support from the City of Valence and the Rhône-Alpes Region.
• Rémi Tournier created a 13 by 6 metre spray-paint still life, Waiting for the Sea, at 151 Rue Faventines, inspired by a house resembling a stranded ocean liner.
• Serbian twins Ivan and Nikola, known as SOBEKCIS, painted an untitled 17 by 10 metre mural at 1 Rue Juiverie near Valence City Hall.
• Taquen's 14 by 9 metre Valentia in Basse-Ville reflects on courage via the Roman name Valentia and the Spanish valentía, showing a hand on another person's back.
• Sêma Lao's diptych The Great Cormorant's Fishing spans two façades of the Pêcherie apartment complex in Basse-Ville, referencing local fishing history and Rhône wildlife.
• A 60 metre collaborative graffiti jam wall, approximately 120 square metres, was painted in the Basse-Ville municipal parking area by Le Môme, Alone, Heta, Monsieur S, Jen Miller, Spire, Chipo and Ynot.
• The festival runs over three weeks and invites audiences to encounter works in progress and meet the artists on site.
• Participating jam artists come from Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Pierrelatte, Valence and the surrounding region.