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The countdown to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is on.

Walking the Olympic torch through the Louvre was a wild convergence of moments for me, he toldartnet.

The museum is such an iconic, precious monument in Paris.

Aerial view of Jardin des Tuileries

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JR’s inclusion on the list of torchbearers is fitting.

He’s a shining representative of French art and has a long history with the Olympic Games.

In 2016, he installed enormous images ofathletes across Rio de Janeiroin honor of the Summer Olympics.

After crossing the Meditteranean and landing in Marseilles, the flame began its three-month journey across France.

French street artist JR participated in the Olympic Torch Relay as it made its way around Paris.