Artist Christo in his studio with a preparatory drawing for "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" Last year, the art world lost a significant figure: Christo, whose work played out on the grandest of scales, ...
In Paris this weekend, traffic stopped and crowds gathered to see the Arc de Triomphe transformed: the huge monument wrapped in shimmering, fabric, tied in place with red rope – the colors subtly ...
Five years after the death of the sculptor Christo, his monumental vision is still re-making iconic landmarks. The French photographer and street artist JR has announced plans to "wrap" the Pont Neuf, ...
Christo’s unrealized final dream to wrap the Arc de Triomphe in Paris has finally come to fruition, more than a year after the artist’s death. French president Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the ...
The husband-and-wife artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude brought us the silvery, ephemeral-wrapped Arc de Triomphe, the golden-wrapped Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, islands surrounded by floating pink ...
Artist JR will take over Pont Neuf, the French capital’s oldest surviving bridge, for a vast installation next summer, the ...
Over the course of his iconic career, the artist known as Christo has navigated extraordinary logistics in order to wrap buildings and bridges in his signature colorful fabric. He and his wife ...
Christo’s ambitious monumental project for Paris, L’ Arc de Triomphe Wrapped, is in process according to the late artist’s instructions and will be unveiled to the public for 16 days next month, from ...
After six decades in the making, the wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, according to the vision of the late contemporary art duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude, finally comes to life this weekend.
Before his untimely death last year at the age of 84, the late iconic artist Christo planned to wrap the L’Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Originally planned for spring 2020, the installation was delayed ...