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Mid-installation of JR's work at the Brandenburg Gate during preparations for the German Day of Unity in Berlin, Germany, in 2018. EPA

A woman poses in the latest trompe-l'oeil art installation by French photographer and artist Jean Rene, known as JR, set up at the Trocadero in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. EPA

A view of the Pyramid of the Louvre museum covered with a gigantic black and white trompe l'oeil by JR. This was his first project with the museum, created in 2016. EPA

A general view of the 160,000-square-foot paper image by JR at the pyramids of the Louvre. The artwork, called 'The Secret of the Grand Pyramid', was part of celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the glass structure designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, or IM Pei. EPA

A 21-metre-tall art installation by JR features a toddler who appears to peek over the border wall that bisects Tecate, Mexico and Tecate, California, US. EPA

JR's giant print of an athlete swimming is seen at Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August 2016, as part of his 'Giants' project series. AFP

A woman walks past a giant fresco of the inhabitants of the Clichy-Montfermeil suburb in 2017, a collaboration between by French photographer JR and French artist Ladj Ly. EPA

Artist JR adorns the side of a building, seen from a hotel room in the new Hotel Paradiso, in Paris. The work was unveiled in April this year. The Hotel Paradiso is a boutique hotel created in collaboration with French cinema chain MK2, merging the hotel and cinema experiences. EPA

Mid-installation of JR's work at the Brandenburg Gate during preparations for the German Day of Unity in Berlin, Germany, in 2018. EPA

A woman poses in the latest trompe-l'oeil art installation by French photographer and artist Jean Rene, known as JR, set up at the Trocadero in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. EPA

A view of the Pyramid of the Louvre museum covered with a gigantic black and white trompe l'oeil by JR. This was his first project with the museum, created in 2016. EPA

A general view of the 160,000-square-foot paper image by JR at the pyramids of the Louvre. The artwork, called 'The Secret of the Grand Pyramid', was part of celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the glass structure designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, or IM Pei. EPA

A 21-metre-tall art installation by JR features a toddler who appears to peek over the border wall that bisects Tecate, Mexico and Tecate, California, US. EPA

JR's giant print of an athlete swimming is seen at Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August 2016, as part of his 'Giants' project series. AFP

A woman walks past a giant fresco of the inhabitants of the Clichy-Montfermeil suburb in 2017, a collaboration between by French photographer JR and French artist Ladj Ly. EPA

Artist JR adorns the side of a building, seen from a hotel room in the new Hotel Paradiso, in Paris. The work was unveiled in April this year. The Hotel Paradiso is a boutique hotel created in collaboration with French cinema chain MK2, merging the hotel and cinema experiences. EPA

Mid-installation of JR's work at the Brandenburg Gate during preparations for the German Day of Unity in Berlin, Germany, in 2018. EPA

French artist JR reveals next project will take place at Egypt's Pyramids of Giza

The artist will present his unique work, which blends photography, graffiti and installation art, to Cairo in October

Alexandra Chaves

June 02, 2021

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