French Street Artist 'JR' Wins $100K TED Prize


Works by JR in Kenya and along the wall separating Israel from the West Bank. (JR / Agence VU)

Bill Clinton, Bono, and…JR? This year, TED has forgone the household names and decided to award its TED Prize to someone who prefers to remain anonymous. Known only by his initials, JR is a French artist whose canvas is the street. He has worked with teams of volunteers to mount enormous black-and-white photo canvases on buildings of the Parisian banlieues, walls in the Middle East, broken bridges in Africa, and Brazilian favelas.

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