The artists dated the work 1979–2005 in recognition of time and effort spent between conception and execution. Christo (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935–2009) first met in 1958 and wed the ...
In 1961, the Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his future wife, Jeanne-Claude, adorned the docks of Cologne, Germany, with a collection of stacked oil drums and rolls of industrial paper wrapped ...
“Christo and Jeanne-Claude never wanted to have their projects ... and their posthumous work 'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' (2021), which saw the historic monument draped in 25,000 square metres ...
I would’ve been seven years old when the late Christo and Jeanne-Claude installed “The Gates” — 7,503 16-foot gates adorned with fabric flowing along 23 miles of walkways — for 16 days ...