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 ...

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 ...

It will consist of 25,000 sq m (roughly 270,000 sq ft) of polypropylene fabric, which will be secured into place with 3,000 m (9,000 ft) of red rope. The Eternal Flame, which is situated in front of ...

When famous artist Christo died in 2020, many people assumed his work would come to an end too. However, his team, including his nephew, has come together to finally realize his decades-long wish to ...

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 ...

6 Workers on the top of the Arc de Triomphe use red rope to fix the fabric in place on September 16. The largest rolls of fabric are 8 meters wide and weigh around a ton. 7 A view of the wrapped arch ...

“I am an artist who is totally irrational, totally irresponsible and completely free,” says Christo, cheerfully speaking via video call from his New York studio and home – a five-story, converted ...