New York’s third-largest museum, [The Brooklyn Museum](https://www.brooklynmuseum.org), welcomes a collection from the internationally recognized artist [JR](https://www.instagram.com/jr/?hl=en). The combination of his most iconic projects are going to make up the largest solo museum exhibition of his career. In addition to his previous projects, his Brooklyn Museum exhibition will mark the debut of a monumental new mural, [_The Chronicles of New York City_](https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/jr_chronicles).
JR started his career as a graffiti artist and now uses his work to address both difficult and timely issues; from gun control and immigration to women’s rights, JR’s work is not just beautiful but important. Projects such as _Face 2 Face_ (2007), featuring giant portrait diptychs of Israelis and Palestinians in pairs pasted on either side of the separation wall, will be included in JR’s Brooklyn Museum exhibition. Other projects such as _Women Are Heroes_ (2008-9), honoring women’s contributions to public life, and _Face Places_, a film portraying worker solidarity through two traveling artists, will highlight the diversity of social issues covered across JR’s immense assortment of work.
His newest work, _The Chronicles of New York_, includes the portraits and stories of over one-thousand-two-hundred New Yorkers; some of whom he met on the streets; some are friends and collaborators; some are famous. All are set to make _The Chronicles of New York_ as iconic as his previous works.
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JR, The Chronicales of New York City opens October 4 at the Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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