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Friday, June 24th, 2011

New JR Mural on Houston

New JR Mural on Houston

After Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf and many other outstanding artists, it looks like the mural on the corner of Bowery and Houston in New York, has been taken over by JR this week. Curated snapped some more photos of the…

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First Look | JR on Houston

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Next up on the corner of Bowery and Houston… TED Prize winner JR. Fresh on the wall today, the Frenchman’s signature, powerful style once again arresting. Photography by Jacob Breinholt for Curated.

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Friday, June 3rd, 2011

JR “Photo Booth” at Centre Pompidou (Paris)

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JR’s INSIDEOUT initiative, which encourages people to portray their local heroes through large scale photographs, gets a punch in the form of an interactive installation at the George Pomdiou Museum in Paris. The exhibition includes a printing facility and a…

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Friday, April 8th, 2011

JR x Les Rencontres d’Arles 2007

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ViaComIT looks back at JR’s 2007 installation at Les Rencontres d’Arles. “Each year, a city in southern France receives visitors from the entire world for its international festival of photography. By offering a lineup of novel products, Les Rencontres d’Arles…

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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

JR’s TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out

JR’s TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out

JR shares his thoughts, and a terrific sense of humor in his TED keynote talk.

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Hidden Champion Issue 20 – Cover by JR

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Japanese publication Hidden Champion presents their Issue 20. Ted Prize winner JR made the cover for the new issue and is also featured on 10 pages inside the magazine. Furthermore the new issue features a variety of interesting personalities from…

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Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Video | “Wrinkles in the City” in Downtown Los Angeles

Video | “Wrinkles in the City” in Downtown Los Angeles

I’m a bit delayed in posting this video from Jetset Graffiti, but it is a fantastic recap of JR’s time in Los Angeles. Enjoy!

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Friday, March 4th, 2011

JR at Phantom Galleries Long Beach

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With much of the art world in NYC, JR announced his TED wish yesterday and opened a solo exhibition in Long Beach, California. As expected, the show features terrific photographs of JR’s outdoor installations across the globe. Most exciting is…

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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Video | TED Prize Winner JR & INSIDE OUT

Video | TED Prize Winner JR & INSIDE OUT

“INSIDE OUT is a large-scale participatory art project that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work.” Participate at INSIDE OUT.

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Monday, February 28th, 2011

JR in the New York Times

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If you read anything today, make sure it is Gaby Wood’s “Supercolossal Street Art,” an extended look at the art of JR. The article begins – In a Paris suburb in October 2005, two teenagers of African descent were running…

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