JR’s exhibition ‘Outposts’ to open Perrotin’s new gallery in London.
11 February 2025 • Mark Westall
Through more than twenty works, the exhibition presents two series of recent ongoing projects of JR
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FORMAT Festival returns with lineup of world-renowned artists including Guerrilla Girls, JR, Jeremy Deller & Ragnar Kjartansson.
9 August 2023 • Mark Westall
FORMAT Festival – Merging the Worlds of Music, Art & Technology the Festival in the Ozarks returns this September.
JR- INSIDE OUT, a public performance presented by Gallerie d’Italia in Turin
4 April 2023 • Mark Westall
At Gallerie d’Italia – Turin from 5th to 10th April, Intesa Sanpaolo presents the public art performance, INSIDE OUT. The project that… Read More
JR’s newest series, Les Enfants d’Ouranos on view at Perrotin New York
15 March 2023 • Mark Westall
Now on view at Perrotin New York is JR’s newest series, Les Enfants d’Ouranos. Building upon
Déplacé-e-s, which shares the stories of refugee children from around the world, this project explores the tensions between the visible and invisible
5 Must See Exhibitions in NYC This Week
14 March 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Brooklyn-based writer Vittoria Benzine is getting her sea legs back after a winter of existential… Read More
Eyes On Iran – Art activation faces The U.N. in New York City
29 November 2022 • Mark Westall
Iranian artists Sheida Soleimani, Aphrodite Désirée Navab, Z, Icy and Sot, Shirin Neshat, Mahvash Mostala, Sepideh Mehraban, and Shirin Towfiq, alongside artists Hank Willis Thomas and JR, activate New York’s FDR Four Freedoms State Park with a provocative multi-day and multi-media art installation facing the United Nations entitled Eyes on Iran, November 28th, 2022 – January 1st, 2023.
Superblue team up with JR and Niantic to create massive AR community art project JR Reality
26 May 2022 • Mark Westall
Superblue has teamed up with artist JR for its beta launch of JR Reality – the first Augmented Reality community network… Read More
The largest solo museum exhibition to date of French artist JR to open in London.
26 May 2021 • Mark Westall
This November, Saatchi Gallery presents JR: Chronicles – the largest solo museum exhibition to date of the internationally recognised French artist JR, featuring some of his most iconic projects from the past fifteen years.
Palazzo Strozzi launches programme to celebrate new contemporary art in Italy with major installation by JR titled ‘La Ferita’
19 March 2021 • Mark Westall
Palazzo Strozzi in Florence has today unveiled a major new installation by acclaimed French contemporary artist JR, whose site-specific artwork… Read More
Tehachapi, a solo exhibition by French artist JR.
25 August 2020 • Mark Westall
Perrotin gallery to present Tehachapi, a solo exhibition by French artist JR. In October 2019, JR received permission to work in a maximum-security prison located in Tehachapi, California.
Today, TIME publishes Finding Hope: A TIME 100 Special Report.
16 April 2020 • Mark Westall
Today, TIME publishes Finding Hope: A TIME 100 Special Report. In the issue, members of the TIME 100 community—including leading doctors, scientists, politicians, artists, athletes and entertainers—address the coronavirus pandemic by sharing insights into how to navigate this new reality and offering solutions to the challenges we must all now face, through op-eds, interviews with TIME, and more.
JR reveals “The Chronicles of New York” the largest outdoor mural to date in New York
6 February 2020 • Mark Westall
” Chronicles of New York”, is a massive public mural by the renowned French artist JR who has been leaving his mark around New York since his exhibition JR: Chronicles opened at the Brooklyn Museum.
JR to open first solo show in South Korea
14 January 2019 • Mark Westall
Perrotin Seoul is to present JR’s first solo exhibition in South Korea.
5 most popular Art Exhibitions of 2018
28 December 2018 • Mark Westall
Here are the 5 most popular exhibitions on FAD magazine in 2018 an eclectic mix featuring JR, Jamie Reed, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Damien Hirst, Murakami and Virgil Abloh
Artsy + Jeffry Deitch to present new public artwork by JR 4 Armory
6 March 2018 • Mark Westall
On the exterior of Pier 94, the artist and 2018 Academy Award nominee, JR, will debut a monumental work,transforming archival Ellis Island photographs into a large-scale installation.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week 18/02/18
18 February 2018 • Tabish Khan
Giant legs, whales, trippy colours, yetis, Verdi, menstrual blood and broken cars.
JR and ‘cut out’ Agnes Varda hang with the other Oscar nominees including Meryl Streep
7 February 2018 • Mark Westall
Not able to make it to the annual all-star Oscars nominees luncheon, French filmmaker Agnes Varda, 89, sent along a collection of cardboard cutouts in her place along with her collaborator JR.
Artist JR unveils 22ft installation in Mayfair, London.
8 January 2018 • Mark Westall
For his new exhibition with Mayfair gallery, Lazinc, French artist JR has erected a twenty-two foot installation from his GIANTS series.
NEW JR exhibition to open in Mayfair, London next week
5 January 2018 • Mark Westall
New JR exhibition featuring: mixed media works, each encompassing preparatory notes, photography and architectural drawings relating to the GIANT series.
A major retrospective of JR’s work opens in Qatar.
9 March 2017 • Mark Westall
Celebrated French artist JR is subject of a major retrospective which has just opened today in Qatar held by Qatar Museums at QM Gallery Katara in Doha
JR and Pharrell Williams team up for ballet film on French riots
20 March 2015 • Mark Westall
The 17-minute film “Les Bosquets,” named for a housing project in the Paris suburb Montfermeil hit by the 2005 unrest, is to premiere at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival in April, JR announced on his website.
FILM: @WHotels New York + cultural brand @LiberatumGlobal present “Transformation”.
25 November 2014 • Mark Westall
Launching today “Transformation” is a celebration of the transitional moments of an A-Grade list of talent, both dwellers and frequent visitors to New York City, including:
VIDEO: Art Basel in Miami Beach 2013 Film program Selected by David Gryn
22 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Art Basel in Miami Beach 2013 Film program Selected by David Gryn
JR to Receive Lovie Award | Artist Recognised for Contribution to the Web
11 November 2013 • Mark Westall
The Lovie Awards comment that Artist JR has harnessed the power of the Internet to inspire public participation in art as a means for global change.