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Christo, Jeanne-Claude and the Arc – Ici c‘est Paris!

Visiting the latest temporary work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude at the Arc de Triomphe in September presents a unique opportunity to see one of the busiest roundabouts in this world in a very different light. The highlight is a climb to the top with a fantastic view across the French capital and the Eiffel Tower shining in the sunset. Beautiful Paris.
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Christo, Jeanne-Claude and the Arc – Ici c‘est Paris!

Visiting the latest temporary work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude at the Arc de Triomphe in September presents a unique opportunity to see one of the busiest roundabouts in this world in a very different light. The highlight is a climb to the top with a fantastic view across the French capital and the Eiffel Tower shining in the sunset. Beautiful Paris.
In 1961, three years after they met in Paris, Christo and Jeanne-Claude began creating works of art in public spaces. 60 years later, this latest project is finally being concretized. The Christo and Jeanne-Claude team created L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris (1961-2021), in accordance with Christo's wish to continue the project after his death on May 31, 2020.
Napoleon I first desired the Arc de Triomphe in 1806, until it was inaugurated in 1836 by the King of the French, Louis-Philippe, who dedicated it to the armies of the Revolution and the Empire. The Arc is surrounded by a constant stream of vehicles, day and night, pedestrians need to use the tunnel connecting the Place Charles de Gaulle with the inner center.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work always is temporarily displayed. It includes the many years of drawing, planning, working with officials, training and finally the live phase, this time 16 days. From Saturday, September 18 to Sunday, October 3, 2021, the work is open to everyone, at least the ones that make it through the underground pass to the island in the West of Paris.
Travelling Place Charles de Gaulle in the 16th arrondissement is usually a nightmare. Thousands of vehicles including cars, vans, trucks, buses, bikes, mopeds and scooters circumnavigate the Arc every single hour of the day. If you can make it there, you can drive everywhere…
Wrapping this monument, which has such an important meaning for all French, requires 25,000 square meters of recyclable blue-silver polypropylene fabric and 3,000 meters of red rope of the same material. It took the team three months of construction work and 50 highly skilled mountaineers to set it all up.
The view is breathtaking, especially when the sun goes down at night. Here we can watch traffic on the Champs-Elysées which itself will undergo major reconstruction. The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and her team decided to build a public garden stretching for 1.9 kilometers. Watch out for this ongoing urban transformation in the busy French capital.
Like all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's art projects, L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris is entirely self-financed through the sale of Christo's original works such as collages, drawings from this and other projects. No other public or private funding required! L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris is another testimony of urban transformation – the artwork being a temporary one – the real urban changes in Paris staying a little longer.

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