Paris: JR – “Women are Heroes”

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IF YOU MISSED JR at the Tate Modern this summer, here’s a second chance to catch the photographer working his larger-than-life magic on city facades. And yes, Women are Heroes is pretty unmissable.

It took days to cover the quayside along the Ile Saint-Louis (4th); the results are stunning.

An audioguide (tel. 028 55 200 89,  calls charged at France’s local rate) lets you hear  women from Brazil, India, Cambodia and Kenya tell it in their own words -though in the end the images speak louder.

• “Women are Heroes”, from the Hotel de Ville to the Quai de Bourbon, 4th arrondissement, until 2nd November ’09.

The eyes have it

SI VOUS L’AVEZ raté au Tate Modern à Londres, voici une deuxième occasion de rencontrer des portraits gigantesques du photographe JR.

70 femmes de quatre continents ornent les quais du 4e. Cueillis des favellas de Rio et des bidonvilles de Nairobi, les portraits leur rendent un bel hommage.

Un audioguide (tél 028 55 200 89, tarif local) vous permet d’entendre les paroles des femmes photographiées, bien que les images soient plus loquaces.

• “Women are Heroes” -Paris 4e, jusqu’au 2 novembre ’09.

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