The Arc de Triomphe in Paris will be swathed in silvery blue fabric and red rope as a posthumous project planned by the artist Christo since the early

L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped: Christo’s dream being realised

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2021-06-14 02:00:04

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris will be swathed in silvery blue fabric and red rope as a posthumous project planned by the artist Christo since the early 1960s finally becomes reality.

Work will begin next month on L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, a €14m installation at one of the world’s most recognised monuments. The arch will be swathed in 25,000 sq metres of recyclable polypropylene fabric, fixed with 3,000 metres of red rope, also recyclable.

The project is the realisation of a dream spanning almost 60 years for Christo and his French wife, Jeanne-Claude, who first drew up plans to wrap the Arc de Triomphe in 1962 while renting a small room near the monument.

“A photo montage of how it would look was done but they never proposed actually doing it because they thought they would never get the necessary permission,” Christo’s nephew Vladimir Javacheff told the Guardian last week.

“We can do this project without him today because they [Christo and Jeanne-Claude] already drew up every visual and artistic aspect of it. This project is 100% Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s project. It was his wish that this should happen even after he was gone. We are just realising his vision.”

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