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French street artist JR unveils a giant wave at the Vatican Library

Summary by Wanted in Rome
Artist's monumental installation opens a new five-year exhibition cycle blessed by Pope Leo on his birthday. French street artist JR has transformed the 16th-century façade of the Vatican Apostolic Library with a monumental black-and-white image of a crashing wave, unveiled in the Cortile del Belvedere on Monday. The site-specific work, titled Diluvium, measures roughly 30 metres high and 70 metres wide, Vatican News reports. It is based on an i…
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Vatican City, 16 Sep (Latin Press) A monumental wave seems to burst today on the facade of the Vatican Apostolic Library in the installation Diluvium, by the French artist JR, presented as part of the exhibition Agua. Catástrofe and Maravilla. The post JR brings the flood to the Vatican in reflection on water and future first appeared on News Prensa Latina.

A huge black and white installation by the French artist JR called Diluvium appeared on the facade of the Apostolic Library of the Vatican.

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Wanted in Rome broke the news on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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