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Thousands of people wallowed around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to get closer to the famous war memorial which was wrapped in silvery blue cloth – a posthumous gift to the city by famous artist Christo.
Usually a traffic hub, Place Charles de Gaule Etoile was cordoned off for pedestrians – who had to produce health cards – and who were able to receive the € 14 million installation.
Some 25,000 square meters of recyclable polypropylene fabric were tied together with 3,000 meters of rope to make the work a reality.
Known for his massive and fleeting public art exhibitions, Christo, of Bulgarian descent, was working on the Paris project when he died in New York City in May 2020, aged 84.
It was a 60-year-old dream in the making, Christo and his French wife Jeanne-Claude – who once enveloped the Pont Neuf in Paris – first conceived the idea in 1962.
Entirely self-financed, the work will be exhibited until October 3.
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