Tag: Christo
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Michael Visocchi – interview
Scottish artist Michael Visocchi talks about his commission to create a sculpture for South Georgia, one of the most isolated places on Earth, the pandemic and 77 crosses he is – willingly – bearing
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Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s London Mastaba Rises Again – and Again and Again
A clever smartphone app has turned Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s London Mastaba into a trick of augmented reality that you can carry around in your pocket, allowing you to site it anywhere you chose
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Christo (1935-2020)
The Bulgarian-born artist famed for wrapping massive structures, great bodies of water and chunks of coastline died on Sunday at his home in New York, aged 84
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Michael Landy – interview: ‘The projects no longer exist, but they are mapped on to the Australian psyche’
The sociologically inclined Landy is creating an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Kaldor Public Art Projects. He discusses the challenges of reviving archival ghosts, his enduring fascination with artistic failures, and Kaldor’s doggedness in realising his ambitious scheme
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Christo: ‘Art is useless’
Famed for wrapping massive structures, great bodies of water and chunks of coastline as well as monumental sculptures built from oil drums, Christo, who collaborated with his wife Jeanne-Claude until her death in 2009 – and still talks about her…
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Fondation Beyeler presents Daros Latinamerica Collection
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland 21 February – 27 April 2014
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Christo’s Gates: a New Yorker reflects
What began in 1979 with a few drawings has finally materialised into a huge ‘happening’ in New York, with the opening of The Gates: Central Park, New York, 1979-2005
