The Arc de Triomphe packed: the work of Christo will be unveiled on September 18!
The packaging of the Arc de Triomphe by the artist Christo will be admired from September 18 to October 3, 2021. The monumental work plans to make the Parisian monument disappear under 25 square meters of recyclable fabric in bluish silver polypropylene and 000 7 meters of red rope. An operation in close collaboration with the Center Pompidou and the Center des monuments nationaux. The iconic couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude had been packing monuments all over the world since the 000s! Among their most famous works, we find the Wrapped Coast in Sydney, the Surrounded Islands of Biscayne Bay in Miami, The Gates in Central Park in New York, The London Mastaba, Hyde Park in London or our famous Pont-Neuf ... September 60, 2020 years after packing the Pont-Neuf, Christo wanted to repeat the experience in Paris, this time with another emblematic monument of the capital: the Arc de Triomphe. Only, because of the health crisis, this monumental performance had to be postponed… And despite the brutal death of the Bulgarian artist in May 35,…