'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped,' Paris (through October 3).N this 'CBS Sunday Morning' report which originally aired on June 25, 1995, correspondent Martha Teichner reported from Berlin on one of the most famous works by the artistic team: Wrapping the Reichstag in fabric, which revealed as much as it concealed. Correspondent John Blackstone reports on what may be just the first of the couple's projects to be realized posthumously.įROM THE ARCHIVES: Christo & Jeanne-Claude put Berlin's Reichstag under wraps (Video) But last week, the artist's nephews and studio manager teamed up to realize a long-planned dream of Christo and his late wife, Jeanne-Claude: the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, wrapped in the colors of the French flag. When the artist known as Christo – famous for monumental projects that involved wrapping landmarks and landscapes in brilliant fabric – died in 2020, many doubted there would still be more of his spectacles to experience.
16, 2021.ĪRT: Christo's dream unveiled: A wrapped Arc de Triomphe | Watch Video Workers prepare the 'LArc de Triomphe, Wrapped' project, designed by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, in Paris, Thursday, Sept.