Artist JR Turns the Streets into the Largest Art Gallery in the World

An overview of French artist and 2011 TED Prize winner JR's "Women Are Heroes" project at Favela Morro Da Providencia, Rio de Janeiro, August 2008. The TED Prize is awarded to an exceptional individual and grants a "Wish to Change the World" using $100,000 and the resources of the TED community. JR wished to turn the world inside out by sparking the largest participatory art project in history. JR's "Inside Out Project" is taking off, with people pasting their images on walls from Brooklyn to Tunisia. Click here to visit JR's new YouTube channel which allows everyone to show how they are participating in his TED Prize wish. (JR/Basilic Studio)