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May 24, 2024 · The artist Christo, part of the husband and wife duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude, passed away of natural causes at his home in Manhattan on May 31, 2020. The artist and his wife were...
4 days ago · Christo and Jeanne-Claude were visionaries known for their monumental and independently financed projects. This exhibition in Lindau offers insights into their life’s work through the...
May 4, 2024 · Christo and Jeanne-Claude brought 28 projects to completion. Christo was selling his own drawings and models, thousands of them, to bankroll the visions he and Jeanne-Claude, the logistical mastermind behind all his big endeavors, had. According to one estimate, he sold works worth USD 66 million from 1987 to 2003.
May 17, 2024 · We are home to the largest, most comprehensive public collection of works by Christo. Born in Bulgaria, Christo eventually escaped the Eastern bloc and made his way to Paris, where he met his wife and artistic partner, Jeanne-Claude (1935–2009).
May 4, 2024 · They carried out their bold installations decades ago. They meticulously chose the places they would transform. The artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude showed art in a large format. One of the last installations they created was realised after their death. In 2021, a special fabric covered the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Christo Vladimir Javacheff was born in Bulgaria in 1935. He emigrated to ...
3 days ago · For his earlier temporary sculpture Wrapped Car (Volkswagen) (1963), Christo employed a sage-green 1961 Beetle that was lent to the artist and his wife and collaborator Jeanne-Claude by art director Claus Harden. He swathed the vehicle’s body in tarpaulin and rope, playfully intensifying the object’s mystique and invoking a new ...
3 days ago · Auctions. A $9.8 Million Auction of Works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Their Artist Friends More Than Doubled Its Estimate at Sotheby’s Paris. The auction offered an eclectic mix of work by the artists and those in their inner circle. By Eileen Kinsella , Feb 18, 2021. Auctions.
