PICTURE OF THE DAY / JR Edition

Detail, The Chronicles of New York City, 2018. 

Above, the Hotel Tudor sign turns up in an epic photo mural by JR, the enigmatically named French artist. Entitled The Chronicles of New York City, this mammoth digital collage portrays over 1,000 New Yorkers in a fantasy city setting. 

JR is currently having a moment, with major shows at both the San Francisco MoMA and the Brooklyn Museum, where The Chronicles of New York City will be the exhibition's centerpiece (opening October 4).

Detail of the detail.