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Photographic murals celebrating women in places riven by conflict. Vast portraits of elderly people in cities healing from trauma. These are just two of the projects by the French artist JR, across a daring career championing the marginalized in huge, striking works of public art. In this interview, JR discusses why #art is of such vital importance, and the role that it can play in reminding political and business leaders with stories they may have forgotten. Watch JR’s session at Davos, Murals that Speak: https://ow.ly/Ub3b50YW0Jv

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