{"id":29674,"date":"2026-06-02T22:25:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/29674\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:25:32","slug":"opening-of-jrs-installation-on-paris-pont-neuf-bridge-delayed-after-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/29674\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of JR&#8217;s installation on Paris Pont Neuf bridge delayed after damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) &#8211; The opening of the temporary installation by French artist JR &#8220;La Caverne \u200cdu Pont Neuf&#8221; in Paris has been postponed \u200cafter the giant cave inflated around the capital&#8217;s oldest bridge experienced \u200bdamage, organisers said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The installation was due to open to the public on June 6 for three weeks. Several French media reported the incident \u200cwas due to strong \u2060winds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The project&#8217;s technical experts are currently working to establish the exact circumstances that led \u2060to the incident. As soon as the assessment has been completed, we will communicate its findings,&#8221; the \u200bstatement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;In \u200bthe meantime, the decision \u200bhas been made to \u200cpostpone the opening of the installation. A new opening date will be determined in light of the conclusions of the ongoing assessment,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The inflatable printed canvas structure creates a trompe-l&#8217;\u0153il effect with a rocky \u200cappearance by blending white, black, \u200band various shades of gray. \u200bIt has been drawing \u200btourists and curious onlookers to the \u200cbanks of the Seine during \u200bits installation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">JR, who \u200bbegan his career as a street graffiti artist in Paris, created the work as a tribute \u200bto the \u200cduo Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who wrapped the Pont \u200bNeuf in fabric in 1985.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Dominique \u200bVidalon; Editing by David Gregorio)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) &#8211; The opening of the temporary installation by French artist JR &#8220;La Caverne \u200cdu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17515,12657,30,12658],"class_list":["post-29674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-installation","tag-jr","tag-paris","tag-pont-neuf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}