In 1979, artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude developed a monumental project meant for New York City’s Central Park, known as The Gates. Comprised of several thousand steel structures (or “gates”) ...

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 ...

The couple’s lives are preserved in a SoHo building where for decades they plotted their monumental projects. Christo and Jeanne-Claude lived and worked in a five-story SoHo building that they ...

Detail of installation view of Christo, "The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City)" (2004), graphite, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, enamel paint, hand-drawn map on vellum paper, technical ...

Known for their outsized and revolutionary art projects, the couple’s work is seen again in Florida, New York and Germany. By Joseph B. Treaster Reporting from Miami It was 42 years ago. Miami awoke ...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude shared a birthday: June 13, 1935. The couple were collaborators to such a degree that we know them by their first names, paired together like a multisyllabic stage name.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The artist Christo, was a leader in ...

Almost exactly five years ago, Christo was taking his work before a board of commissioners in Fremont County, Colorado, to get what seemed like one of the last bits of approval he needed for “Over the ...

Installed in Central Park in February 2005, The Gates consisted of 7,503 saffron-colored gates adorned with free-flowing fabric that spanned 23 miles of pathways and transformed the iconic park for ...

In what it calls “a landmark exhibit,” the Sonoma County Museum announced that it will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Running Fence. For people who were not here — or who weren’t born yet — the ...

On Feb. 12, 2005, the husband-wife artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude unveiled the biggest, splashiest and most talked-about public art project New York City had ever seen. “The Gates” caused an ...

Paris began celebration of Christo and Jeanne-Claude last weekend. From September 6 to October 30, an outdoor exhibition along the banks of the River Seine acknowledges the artists’ acclaimed ...