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Fly Art Vol. 1 — Unearthing the Graphic Soul of Hip-Hop
Starcow 41, rue Berger, Paris, FranceFrom Paris to the suburbs, a generation built its identity through flyers — hand-drawn, photocopied, passed from hand to hand at parties and concerts. Long forgotten, these fragile papers now resurface as living archives of early French Hip-Hop. To celebrate the release of Fly Art Vol. 1, the first issue of a new zine series […]
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Street Beauty – Elevating the Art of the Mural
La Bellevilloise 19-21 Rue Boyer, Paris, Paris, FranceA dazzling ode to contemporary muralism, Street Beauty is a high-impact, one-of-a-kind photography book by internationally renowned street art photographer Hannah Judah. Curated and playfully designed by ATMA, the book unlocks the wonder of large-scale murals from hundreds of the world’s most celebrated street artists. Judah’s distinctive photographic aesthetic does more than document: it magnifies […]
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Vinyl Dreams & Graphic Obsessions
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceFrom Milan to Paris, art director and designer Paolo Proserpio lands at Le Grand Jeu for a special afternoon — exploring two decades of underground record design, DIY aesthetics, and visual experiments born from the music scene. To celebrate the release of Dishes: A Selection of Record Covers and Weird Vinyl Packaging, Paolo will present […]
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Future Language of the Ikonoklast
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceLe Grand Jeu is delighted to host the Paris launch of Future Language of the Ikonoklast, a landmark publication celebrating one of Britain’s most radical and influential post-graffiti collectives. Join us on Thursday, October 23, for an evening with Remi Rough and art enthusiasts around this long-awaited book. Edited by Remi Rough and published by […]
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Mycelium — Where Emerging Voices Take Root
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceBetween Paris and Switzerland, Mycelium weaves a living network of artists, artisans, and creative minds. This new independent magazine explores niche professions, rare gestures, and the imaginaries shaping today’s emerging creation. To celebrate the release of its first issue, the editorial team will take over Le Grand Jeu bookstore for a friendly evening of exchanges […]
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Railway Systems: Aesthetics and Institutions
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceTrains and railway systems have long shaped our landscapes, functioning not only as industrial infrastructures but also as living canvases for autonomous practices such as graffiti writing. Yet, despite their central role in urban imaginaries, they remain marginal within the institutional discourse on “street” and “urban” art. This evening, Jens Besser, Nicolas Ciarlone, and THWRB3AT […]
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Rockocó Número Ocho — The missing chapter of Madrid’s hip-hop history
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceBefore social media and smartphones, Spanish youth invented their own ways of being seen. Among them, photographer Miguel Trillo became a witness and chronicler — from the punks of the late Franco era to the first generation of Spanish rappers. His work, suspended between art, reportage, and visual sociology, captured the birth of new identities […]
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Mint&Serf — Between Language and Art
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceFrom the subways of New York to the studio walls, Mint&Serf — also known as The MIRF — have spent more than twenty-five years exploring the tension between chaos and creation. Their work, grounded in graffiti and expressive mark-making, blurs the lines between art and vandalism, public and private, rebellion and reflection. Between Language + […]
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Pra gringos é mais caro — A love letter to Rio
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceBetween distance and belonging, Arnaud Dambry’s debut photo book Pra gringos é mais caro offers a personal and intimate portrait of Rio de Janeiro, born from a long, immersive stay. More than a travel diary, it is a story of connection — of a city that takes hold of you, of fleeting encounters that leave […]
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Beats, Machines & Revolutions — An Afternoon with Real Muzul
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceFrom Bordeaux to Paris, journalist and DJ Real Muzul stops by Le Grand Jeu for a special book signing and talk around Here Come the Drums — a deep dive into the machines that reshaped hip-hop. TR-808, LinnDrum, SP-1200… In this new publication co-written with Da Cockroach, Real Muzul retraces how samplers and drum machines […]
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Les Sauvages: Rebels, Painters, and the Birth of Street Art
La Bellevilloise 19-21 Rue Boyer, Paris, Paris, FranceIn the early 1980s, Paris witnessed an unexpected artistic uprising. A new generation of painters, sculptors, and performers — fed by punk energy and impatience with institutions — took their art to the streets, turning walls, catacombs, and billboards into wild territories of expression. They weren’t following the path of American graffiti but inventing their […]
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KTAGS: Graffiti Beneath Paris
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceBeneath the surface of Paris lies another history of graffiti. In the silence of the catacombs, thousands of signatures, messages, and silent shouts have covered the underground walls — far from museums, far from sight. KTAGS dives into this hidden world to reveal nearly three decades of tags documented in the Paris catacombs. The result […]
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