French artist JR downsizes at Venice Biennale with Orient Express

The 41-year-old, known for installing huge trompe l'oeil photographs on structures from the Louvre to the Pyramids, turned his hand to renovating an old carriage of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. The midnight blue wagon, decked out in Art Deco style, will hit the tracks next year but for now has been installed on a barge in Venice lagoon as part of the 60th Biennale art exhibition. JR admits it is a bit of a "crazy project" but he has long been fascinated by trains, dating back to his teenage years as a graffiti artist...