Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Back in print in an expanded edition, this richly illustrated survey of Christo and Jeanne-Claudes entire career is timed to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their acclaimed Gates project Christo (19352020) and JeanneClaudes (19352009) landscape-scaled, outdoor projects were astounding temporary works of art in public settings that captured headlines across the globe. For sixteen days in February of 2005, their most celebrated installation, The Gates7,500 saffroncolored fabric panels suspended from the tops of vinyl gatesstood along 23 miles of walkways in New York Citys Central Park. This book celebrates the twentieth anniversary of The Gates with photographs of their installation alongside reproductions of the preparatory drawings that Christo created as he planned the project. An essay by Jonathan Fineberg surveys the career of Christo and Jeanne-Claude and their life journey through projects such as Surrounded Islands in Miami, The Umbrellas in Japan and California, Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin, and many more. This expanded edition also includes an epilogue that considers the artists works after The Gatesincluding Floating Piers in Italy and LArc de Triomphe, Wrapped in Parisand a 2017 interview Fineberg conducted with Christo, one of the artists last. This new edition is published on the occasion of two documentation exhibitions, curated by the artists in their lifetimes and presented to the public as the artists wanted them to be seen. Exhibition Schedule: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates and Unrealized Projects for New York City The Shed, New York (February 12March 23, 2025) Surrounded Islands Documentation Exhibition NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale (Opens February 23, 2025)