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Paris may have missed out to Lille on hosting the Beautiful Losers show for 2006, but on a Thursday evening in April, the City of Light was granted Ugly Winners, a scaled-down variation of the original street art exhibit, presented at Agnes B’s Galerie du Jour. Here, Agnes, her front-man Chris Apple, co-curator Christian Strike, and artist Jonone blur the distinctions between ugliness and beauty on opening night.

Interviews by Linlee Allen

by Sophie O’Gorman