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JR’s La Caverne du Pont Neuf in Paris: The City’s Oldest Bridge Becomes a Cave

May 23, 2026

JR’s La Caverne du Pont Neuf Paris is now visible on the banks of the Seine. The 120-metre inflatable cave structure enveloping Paris’s oldest bridge opened on 21 May 2026, with the interior accessible free of charge from 6 to 28 June.

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The Crystal Ship 2026 marks a Landmark 10th Edition in Ostend, Belgium

May 11, 2026

The Crystal Ship 10th Anniversary returned to Ostend this spring with over 20 monumental murals and public artworks, celebrating a decade of transforming the Belgian coastal city into one of Europe’s leading open-air museums for contemporary urban art. Over ten years, The Crystal Ship has reshaped the visual identity of Ostend. Curated by Belgian actor […]

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Artist JR at the Palais Garnier, Paris 2023

November 12, 2023

In September of 2023, the Opéra National de Paris, one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world, extended an invitation to JR, a renowned artist, to collaborate on a unique project that would transform the scaffolding of the Palais Garnier as part of its renovation project. The installation, named Retour à la Caverne, […]

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Omelia Contadina by JR and film director Alice Rohrwacher, 2019

November 11, 2021

Omelia Contadina was born out of the concern of JR and film director Alice Rohrwacher for the difficulties encountered by many small farmers and inhabitants of the Alfina plateau in Italy. Alice Rohrwacher spoke to artist JR about her concerns about the destruction of the agricultural landscape, violated by the intensive monocultures with which major […]

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PUNTO DI FUGA, a monumental work by JR on the façade of the Farnese Palace, Rome 2021

July 11, 2021

Artist JR has just revealed a monumental work on the façade of the Farnese Palace entitled Punto di Fuga. The trompe-l’oeil sits over 600 m² on the French Embassy in Rome. Punto di Fuga which means vanishing point reveals ‘a actual or revisited part of the palace’s interior and illustrates the Embassy’s wish for the palace to remain “open […]

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JR NEW TROMPE L’OEIL PASTING AT THE EIFFEL TOWER, Paris 2021

May 21, 2021

JR reveals his latest trompe l’oeil pasting at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. This spectacular installation continues the artist’s reflection on architecture and the excavation of iconic monuments. This black and white pasting reveals a street below an immense precipice topped by the Eiffel Tower. JR uses the anamorphosis technique, allowing the image to disclose […]

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Artist JR draws attention to the ecological decline of the Baaka/ Darling River, Australia 2020

March 11, 2021

Homily to Country draws attention to the ecological decline of the Baaka / Darling River, Australia’s third longest river. The river is in poor health, from over-allocation of its waters to irrigation pollution from pesticide runoff and prolonged drought. The river has a high salt content and declining water quality. In early 2020 French artist JR […]

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Rabi of Cyrcle teams up again with french artist JR’s inside out project, Maya Angelou Mural Festival 2019

June 1, 2019

Branded Arts have just wrapped up the Maya Angelou Mural Festival, as part of its LAUSD mural festival series, a large-scale project that started with the Robert F. Kennedy Community School in 2016. Branded Arts invited over 30 local and international artists to paint a series of murals dedicated to the ideals of Dr. Maya Angelou, and to create […]

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JR AT THE LOUVRE MUSEUM & THE SECRET OF THE GREAT PYRAMID

March 20, 2019

Artist JR celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Louvre Pyramid with a collaborative piece of art on the scale of the Napoleon Court. We last saw JR at the Louvre three years when he made the Pyramid disappear. This time the artist returns to the famed monument by realising a gigantic collage. With the help […]

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Artist JR Lifts Toddler Kikito Over The Mexican Border, 2017

September 15, 2017

The French street artist and photographer JR, known for his enormous black and white portrait paste-ups in public areas all over the world, now finds himself on the Mexican border for his new photographic project. JR inaugurated a huge scaffolding installation on the Mexican side of the border between the United States and Mexico. The […]

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Artist JR makes the Pyramid of the Louvre Disappear, 2016

June 11, 2016

From May 25th to June 27th, 2016, invited by the “world’s largest museum”, JR chose to make one of its symbols, the pyramid of the Louvre, disappear thanks to an unexpected anamorphosis. French street artist JR completed work on his latest public artwork. This sizeable photographic piece covers the glass pyramid outside the Musée du Louvre, causing […]

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Artist JR Transforms the Louvre’s Pyramid with an Anamorphic Image, 2016

May 21, 2016

The French street artist and photographer JR, known for his enormous black and white portrait paste-ups in public areas all over the world, now finds himself in Paris for his new photographic project. Invited by the world-famous Louvre Museum, JR is installing a public artwork outside the iconic museum in the main courtyard, Cour Napoléon. […]

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