21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Will Show the Backstory to Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped"

Late last year, Christo and Jeanne-Claude's lifelong dream, "L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped" was finally realized. Through 270,000 square feet of aluminum-coated blue polypropylene fabric tightly packed with red rope, visitors were reintroduced to the iconic monument located in the heart of Champs-Élysées.Although the event only lasted for 16 days, art historian Lorenza Giovanelli believes it is "impossible to look with the same eyes at the places" Christo and Jeanne-Claude's art once inhabited. Fo...