On Feb. 12, 2005, the husband-wife artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude unveiled the biggest, splashiest and most talked-about public art project New York City had ever seen. “The Gates ...

In 1979, artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude developed a monumental project meant for New York City’s Central Park, known as The Gates. Comprised of several thousand steel structures (or ...

For 16 days in February of 2005, a festival atmosphere took over New York’s Central Park, where Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s installation The Gates attracted an estimated four million visitors ...

New York, Paris and Berlin are celebrating the anniversaries this year of iconic art installations that saw some of their most prominent landmarks wrapped in fabric by the late artists known as ...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The Gates was the largest work of public art Manhattan had ever seen, and a welcome balm for a time marked by lasting grief. “It lifted our spirits as the city reco ...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude are pictured at The Gates in New York City in February 2005. Photo by Wolfgang Volz/ Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation In February 2005, the artist duo unveiled 7,503 ...

To mark the 20th anniversary of 'The Gates', Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s iconic installation in New York’s Central Park, a series of events and technological experiences are bringing the celebrated ...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude draped Central Park in a magnificent public art installation that showcased the park’s beauty. The Gates in Central Park in 2005 The public art installation included ...