Of humble origins, JR was born in 1983 on the western outskirts of Paris to a Tunisian mother and a father of mixed European heritage, and never studied art. At age 12, he began working at weekend ...

36 x 46 cm. (14.2 x 18.1 in.) JR (b. 1983) is a contemporary French artist who describes himself as a "photograffeur," to indicate his affinity with street and graffiti art. Growing up in Paris as a ...

The Wrinkles of the City - La Havana In May 2012, JR collaborates with Cuban-American artist José Parlá on the The Wrinkles of the City project: a huge mural installation in Havana, undertaken for the ...

To create our “Guns in America” special report, TIME collaborated with JR, the French artist and photographer known for his murals around the world that portray complex social issues.

French artist JR has a talent for moving between worlds; whether photographing inmates at California’s notorious Tehachapi prison one day or designing a sleeper car for one of the world’s most ...

Chronicles is a new exhibition encompassing over 15 years of JR’s brand of art as activism. After finding a camera on the Paris metro in 2001, the French artist has gone on to gain international ...

A beautiful hand-painted Chinese bottle vase, a painting of roses by the French ‘fleuriste’ Raoul M. De Longpré (1843-1911), and an impressive African Dan Guere mask with cowrie shells and bronze ...

Clausell Jr. calls his studio a “place of only prosperity.” He casts his subjects, everyone from his mother to the artist Gunna, on large wooden canvases, incorporating elements of nature and ...

The San Francisco elementary school that’s immersed a who’s who of the city’s French immigrants and well-heeled children in a ...

"That's my boy," Robert Downey Jr. said of Johnny Depp in a video he shared to Instagram of his visit at Depp's New York City art exhibit 'A Bunch of Stuff' Ian West/PA Images via Getty ...

Iron Man' actor Robert Downey Jr has heaped praise on his longtime friend Johnny Depp. The next named storm on the list is Nadine. What forecasters are watching. 'It's not taxed at all': Warren ...