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He is known as the French Banksy. Now artist JR plans to turn a Paris bridge into a massive cave
JR’s immersive cave installation on Pont Neuf will span 120 meters and include sound and augmented reality, creating a unique sensory experience for visitors, city officials say.
- On Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, French artist JR showed the Pont Neuf Cavern, a three-week installation spanning 120 meters and over 17 meters high, opening in June.
- JR framed the project as an homage to Christo and Jeanne-Claude during a Feb. 17, 2026, interview, saying it is about `bringing back mineral and nature` to Paris.
- JR's team ran engineering tests, including hangar trials at Paris Orly airport, and Snap's AR studio in Paris is developing the smartphone content layer, with Thomas Bangalter creating the interior soundscape.
- The bridge will close to traffic during the installation, with visitor caps and continuous monitoring, coinciding with June's Paris Fashion Week and World Music Day.
- Described as possibly the `largest immersive installation ever made`, the work will be visible from hundreds of meters away and JR says it aims to make Parisians stop and experience the city differently after years of negotiations shaping monumental public art.
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He is known as the French Banksy. Now artist JR plans to turn a Paris bridge into a massive cave
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — He is known as the French Banksy — or simply JR. Now the artist popular across France for large-scale projects, from photographs to graffiti and street art, wants Parisians to do something unusual on the city’s arguably most famous bridge: stop. In June, he plans to transform the bustling Pont Neuf that dates back to the 17th century into a walk-through “cave” — a temporary, monumental public artwork that will cove…
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