JR: ACTIONS
Taking place from the 11th October – 14th November 2013 at London’s Lazarides Gallery is a two-part exhibition by French artist JR, entitled ACTIONS. JR will partner with Lazarides for a large-scale exhibition filling two floors of their flagship gallery as well as an outdoor public installation on multiple sites across the nation’s capital.
S U N G L A S S E S AT N I G H T
To celebrate the summer of 2011/12, some of our country’s most popular artists have collaborated on a cover of a 1984 dancefloor-hit, ‘Sunglasses at Night’. The original track was written and recorded by Canadian singer/songwriter Corey Hart, and has been given new life by the local talent that our music scene has to offer.
French street artist JR receives TED Prize for 2011
On the 20 October 2010 Parisian street artist – known only by his initials JR – was awarded the prestigious annual TED Prize. Past winners include mainstream icons like Jamie Oliver, Bill Clinton and Bono, and like those before him, 2011’s seemingly unconventional winner received $100 000, and on a much – metaphorically speaking –...