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 ...

The Arc de Triomphe, one of Paris’ most notable monuments, has been shrouded in fabric. Not for renovations, but for art. Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe wrapped in in fabric and red rope, an ...

Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s temporary installation, the L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, opened to the public on September 18th. Twenty-five thousand square meters of recyclable silvery-blue fabric ...

Imagined in 1961 by the late Bulgarian-born artist Christo, "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" was brought to life posthumously by his nephew, Vladimir Yavatchev, at a cost of about 14 million euros ($16.54 ...

It took four years of planning and 270,000 square feet of silver polypropylene fabric to wrap the Arc de Triomphe from its crown to its giant feet. It cost over $16 million to install, but will only ...

PARIS — Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final public work, “L’Arc de Triomphe Empaqueté” or“The Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped,” finally opened in Paris earlier this month. Following lengthy delays caused by ...

Christo pushed for wrapping the Arc de Triomphe, he said, because he was “eager to do something beyond the exhibition.” Although the Center for National Monuments helped with the project, it will not ...

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.

When the artist known as Christo – famous for monumental projects that involved wrapping landmarks and landscapes in brilliant fabric – died in 2020, many doubted there would still be more of his ...