JR

Arts & Culture

Aerial Photo of Massive JR Work of Man Walking at Flatiron Plaza in NYC

On the cover of this special new issue of The New York Times Magazine is a massive JR street art

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Michelle Young Apr 22, 2015

Arts & Culture

JR Brings the Inside Out Project to a Fordham University Wall at Lincoln Center

In New York City, artist JR may be most famous for his work in Times Square, pasting 6000 faces onto

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Michelle Young Apr 6, 2015

Arts & Culture

Photographs of Artist JR’s Work Unframed Ellis Island in Abandoned Southside Hospitals

We recently went on an extensive hard hat tour of the abandoned Ellis Island Southside Hospitals, looking for a lot

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Michelle Young Dec 10, 2014

Architecture

Unframed-An Exhibit by Street Artist JR at Abandoned Ellis Island Hospitals [Photos]

Walking the hallways of an abandoned hospital would give anyone shivers. But what if throughout the tour, apparitions from times

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anna brown Oct 15, 2014

Arts & Culture

Unframed—Ellis Island, Exhibit by Artist JR Focuses on Struggle of American Immigrants

In the late 1800s to early 1950s, Ellis Island was the “Island of Hope,” the final gateway before immigrants could

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Christopher inoa Sep 19, 2014

Arts & Culture

5 Original NYC Street Art Projects You Might Have Missed This Month

New York City is still a hotspot for guerrilla street art, even though we lost 5 Pointz and Banksy left.

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phillipe martin chatelain Feb 28, 2014

Arts & Culture

Check Out This Beautiful Installation by JR at the NYC Ballet, Lincoln Center

World-renowned street artist JR, whose global art project Inside Out has been going on for three years at this point,

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Christopher inoa Jan 24, 2014

Arts & Culture

Vintage Photos: Martin Luther King, Jr. in New York City

Though many of Dr. King’s most famous speeches and protests—including the “I Have a Dream” speech—took place

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Laura Itzkowitz Jan 20, 2014

Arts & Culture

Daily What?! Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Stabbed in Harlem, 1958

A lesser-known attack on Martin Luther King, Jr. occurred at a book signing in Harlem on September 20th, 1958, almost

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Michelle Young Jan 20, 2014

Architecture

New App Re+Public Lets You See Street Art Over Time at The Bowery Mural Wall

The owners of the Bowery Mural Wall have commissioned contemporary artists to paint gorgeous murals at this location since a

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phillipe martin chatelain Nov 26, 2013

Arts & Culture

“Inside Out” Documentary about JR to Open in Paris on November 13

Inside Out: The People’s Art Project, a documentary about French artist JR and his participatory art project, is set

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Laura Itzkowitz Nov 8, 2013

Architecture

Street Art Hotspot: JR at the Elizabeth Street Garden in Nolita

When we stopped by the Elizabeth Street Garden this weekend, one of our favorite urban havens in New York City,

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Michelle Young Oct 9, 2013