JR with a new composite artwork, “The Chronicles of New York City,” at the Brooklyn Museum. He is often categorized as a street artist, but he said his abiding interest is people, and ...

French street artist JR is everywhere and nowhere. Describing himself as a “photograffeur” (photographer and graffiti artist), he orchestrates spectacular public installations, often ...

Although his pieces have many of the trappings of street art—monumental scale, wheatpaste adhesive, a populist message—the French artist JR sees his work as “more like a sociological ...

JR took this photograph as part of the project Portrait of a Generation, photographing the residents of Les Bosquets. At 21 years old, JR was already an experienced street artist – he had been ...

JR's street art from around the world Examples of the striking work of JR, the contemporary French artist whose efforts have transformed dozens of cityscapes.

When French street artist JR launched a 1,200-foot container ship this summer bearing an enormous photograph, he never imagined that the crew would end up saving refugees at sea.

See the Work of Mysterious Street Artist JR 4 minute read Portrait of a Generation: Braquage, Ladj Ly, Les Bosquets, Montfermeil, France, 2004. JR-ART.net ...

I started reporting “In the Picture,” my profile of the French artist JR, on a warm summer morning in Manhattan earlier this year. I was told that JR and his crew would be pasting a massive ...

JR created two large works for New York City Ballet's Art Series program, that invites contemporary artists into the Lincoln Center.

JR created two large works for New York City Ballet's Art Series program, that invites contemporary artists into the Lincoln Center.