JR Puts Art On Rikers Island Prison
Adamant street artist JR has used Instagram to share his latest endeavor. While the French artist often use striking backdrops for his work, this latest installment is perhaps one his most concealed pieces. Unveiling a large eye of an inmate on the w...
JR “Wrinkles of the City” Project in Berlin
Whether you embrace it or not, everyone gets old. French street artist JR seeks to highlight, if not celebrate the idea of aging in his newest poster-pasting project, “Wrinkles of the City.” The concept and execution behind the project ar...
JR Inside Out New York City Recap
As part of his global project Inside Out, French street artist and TED Prize winner JR took to the streets of New York to create photo installations of the general public. Placing a photo booth truck in the tourist-filled hub of Time Square, JR broug...
Selim Varol “At Home I’m A Tourist” @ CAC Málaga
“At Home I’m A Tourist” is the name of a new, massive exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center of Málaga, as well as the way Turkish-born German collector Selim Varol must feel in his own residence. Consisting of over 15,000 works,...
View All of JR’s Works in Beautiful Retina Glory on Your iPad
Claiming the world as his personal gallery and studio space, French contemporary artist JR freely exhibits his inspiring work throughout the streets of the world, grabbing the average citizen’s attention instead of the typical museum goer. From...
JR x Bagua Exclusive Footwear
Renowned contemporary artist JR and shoemakers Bagua have teamed up to release an exclusive pair of shoes. The slip-on shoes, which carry a distinctly Eastern silhouette with their sloping shape and merged tongue formed by deep curves in the upper, f...
NOWNESS: JR Discusses His Art Projects
Filmmaker Matt Black’s latest in-depth documentary portrait comes on assignment for NOWNESS and focuses on the worldwide acclaim artist JR has received for his global photo project. Having grown up in the suburbs of Paris, JR first began his foray in...
JR x André @ Basel Week Miami 2012
Prominent French street artists JR and André joined forces this year at Basel Week Miami 2012. The outcome was an alluring collaborative piece which saw a merging of JR’s photographic eye complemented by André’s distinguished stick figure...
JR and Jose Parla: Wrinkles of the City, Havana, Cuba Book
JR and Jose Parla: Wrinkles of the City, Havana Cuba is a book that provides an in-depth examination of the creative process behind the first collaboration between the two storied artists that culminated in a series of outdoor murals for the Havana b...
JR “I Am a Man” Mural in Washington, D.C.
For his Unframed Project where he manipulates the context of archival images, photographer JR presents a look at his “I Am a Man” mural in Washington, D.C. In this piece, the French activist brings to life a photo of Ernest Withers during the 1968 Me...
JR “The Wrinkles of the City” Los Angeles Behind-the-Scenes
Earlier this year, acclaimed street artist JR canvassed Los Angeles with large-scale, black and white portraits taken in low-income urban areas. Adding “wrinkles” in the smooth veneer of LA’s glamorous facade, the recent TED award-w...
JR “PATTERN” Hong Kong @ Galerie Perrotin
French artist and photographer JR has built an incredible reputation through art and philanthropy. Spanning the world over in his exploits, JR’s latest stop takes him to Hong Kong with a recent exhibition opening at Galerie Perrotin. Much of JR...
JR Launches His “INSIDE OUT” Project in Hong Kong
Bringing his unique “INSIDE OUT” project to the city of Hong Kong, French artist JR today unveil an impressive 16 large-scale black and white portraits of Hong Kong city dwellers within the Central district of the metropolis. The massive...
