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 ...

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 ...

PARIS — (AP) — The Arc de Triomphe has seen parades, protests and tourists galore, but never before has the war monument in Paris been wrapped in silver and blue recyclable polypropylene fabric.

On Wednesday, Christo announced that he had received permission from the French government and the country’s Center for National Monuments to wrap the Arc de Triomphe, one of the most famous landmarks ...

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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 ...

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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo announced that the city will recycle materials used in Christo and Jeanne-Claude‘s L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped (1961-2021) for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games next summer. The ...

The Arc de Triomphe — the star attraction in the Place de l'Étoile in Paris — is shrouded in fabric today, as a tribute to the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. It is "a sensual, popular and ...