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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

US ambassador on falling in love with London, soft power and exclusive view of Shepard Fairey Shoreditch mural

At London’s Saatchi Gallery, on a chilly winter’s day last year, Jane Hartley, the US ambassador to Britain, pulled aside artist and activist Shepard Fairey.

It was only a brief chat with Fairey, most famous for his Obama Hope poster, and whose work has been shown in the V&A, MOMA and was then on display in the Beyond the Streets London graffiti & street art exhibition.

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