Paris preps for Nuit Blance: An art festival that happens only at night

Endless Sleep, a mural by US artist Cleon Peterson painted under the Eiffel Tower, as part of the Nuit Blanche festival, that will take place on first October. (AFP)

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Endless Sleep, a mural by US artist Cleon Peterson painted under the Eiffel Tower, as part of the Nuit Blanche festival, that will take place on first October. (AFP)

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Nuit Blanche, is an annual all-night or night-time arts festival. (AFP)

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A creation entitled 'Spray on DUREX metal dispenser' by French artist C215 made from a condom dispensing machine and showing a portrait of former French Economy Minister Dominique Strauss Kahn, is displayed at the Street Art Museum, housed at the 'Ecole 42' computer programming school, in Paris on September 12, 2016. (AFP)

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Pieces of street art (fromL) Doves (Black) by US artist Shepard Fairey, Loading... by French artist Rero and 'Spray on DUREX metal dispenser'. The first entrance free and permanent street art museum in France will open its doors to the public during the festival. (AFP)

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People walk near an artwork by French artist Alain Sechas, set up in the Gare de Lyon. (AFP)

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French artist Alain Sechas poses in front of an artwork. (AFP)

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French urban art collector Nicolas Laugero Lasserre poses in front of a wall decorated with street art at the 'Ecole 42' computer programming school. (AFP)