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 ...

Perched in the basket of a cherry picker, Vladimir Yavachev is arm’s length from the vaulted ceiling inside the Arc de Triomphe, nearly a hundred feet above the streets of Paris. “We had to fix ...

PARIS — The city of Paris is unveiling a monumental artwork built around an actual monument: the Arc de Triomphe completely wrapped in silver and blue fabric. The installation by late artist couple ...

It’s a wrap, six decades in the making. One of Paris’ most popular attractions, the Arc de Triomphe, is about to be wrapped in silver and blue. The project, a posthumous art installation conceived by ...

L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped (1961-2021) is the greatest work of public art worldwide to be shown in 2021 and arguably one of the top public artworks of all time. It is the final work of the famous ...

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 ...

During his one-of-a-kind career, Christo, who died in New York City last year at age 84, became famous for monumental, ephemeral works such as wrapping islands in Miami in hot pink fabric and gates in ...

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.

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Gagosian’s first exhibition dedicated to Christo, the late artist known for his monumental artworks around the world, will open to the public Friday at Gagosian rue de Ponthieu, a short walk from the ...