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VIDEO. The kings of street art invite themselves to Versailles

2020-11-16T00:52:20.832Z


The famous artists Invader, Cyklop, Emmanuel Braudeau and Jackson Pollock have dotted the city with their contemporary works.


Versailles makes its small artistic revolution.

Frescoes, mosaics, trompe-l'oeil and paintings take over the royal city and its street furniture.

Street art is everywhere and for everyone to see.

Urban art, "the most democratic of all […] which is given to everyone for free," as François de Mazières, the mayor of the city with world-famous heritage, explains.

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With this initiative out of step with the image of the royal city, the elected representative wishes to demonstrate to some 10 million annual visitors to the Palace of Versailles that the city is not limited to the sole house of the Sun King.

Source: leparis

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