JR

Many people across the globe are now fully aware of JR's ongoing street art project Inside Out, whether they like it or not! After winning the 2011 TED prize he set about the global art project, inspired by his large‐format street pastings, offering everyone the opportunity to share with the world their portrait and a statement of what they stand for. Inside Out, The People's Art Project premieres at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival; this feature documentary directed by Alastair Siddons captures some of the stories of hope and heartbreak that make the project so special to so many.

We are very proud to announce JR's first solo museum exhibition in Tokyo, Japan, at the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition follows his tour of Japan during his recent worldwide project, Inside Out, with the large pasting outside the museum representing inhabitants from North East Japan where the tsunami hit in March 2011. It is a truly magnificent retrospective of his street work and definitely worth a visit if you find yourself in the area. The exhibition opened last Saturday and will be running until June 2nd.

Lazarides' artists have hit the ground running this year with museum shows, street projects and interdisciplinary collaborations across the globe. FAILE have been busy working with the New York City Ballet on their recent Art Series performances. Les Ballets De FAILE was created specifically for performances on February 1st and May 29th, as well as public viewing between the 10th and 17th February. JR joined his creative partner, Jose Parla, in London last night for a one off Q&A at the ICA to discuss their recent project, The Wrinkles of the City: Havana. And finally, Invader has returned to his home city of Paris to continue spreading his pop-culture inspired mosaics with an awesome new Pink Panther piece.

With Miami Basel concluding for another year, there was no shortage of Lazarides artists popping up throughout the fair both inside and out. Fellow French street artists JR and Andres collaborated on various pieces around town, whilst JR was busy promoting his new film and book release with Jose Parla: The Wrinkles of The City Havana Cuba, which documents their murals created whilst they visited Cuba earlier this year. Invader was also busy applying his infamous street style to the beaches of Miami, as well as Ron English, Logan Hicks and Lazarides veteran Jonathan Yeo showing within the fair itself. For those of you who weren't lucky enough to escape the bitter British cold, enjoy the snaps and think of something warm!

There's not often a month that goes past without a necessary update on our beloved JR's travels and adventures around the globe, so it only seems apt that he will be premiering The Wrinkles of the City at The Standard Hotel in Miami this Basel Week. The latest documentary follows JR and José Parlá's experience last year during the Havana Biennial during which the two collaborated on portraits of 25 elderly Havanan citizens. JR's signature wheatpaste portraiture combined with Parlá's calligraphic detailing formed some truly breathtaking results. Along with the film, there will be a book release which features some essays as well as behind the scenes shots.