Paris art museum embraces street artists in new exhibition, but do they belong there?

Some 60 of the world’s best-known street artists have been invited into the rarefied confines of Paris’ Petit Palais – even if some admit there are legitimate questions about whether they belong there.

The Beaux-Arts palace on the banks of the River Seine houses an illustrious selection of 19th-century paintings and sculptures.

The “We Are Here” exhibition sees the street artists infiltrate it with graffiti, murals and graphics dotted among the portraits – even adding cartoon wings to statues.

Some merge almost too well – a freshly made portrait by Tunisian artist DaBro looks perfectly at home in a cluster of solemn 19th-century street scenes until you realise it features breakdancers.