Post by Leon Goyvaerts

“I believe that the majority wish to share an absolutely beautiful experience!” shouts Jeanne-Claude. The documentary Christo & Jeanne-Claude - L'art de cacher, l'art de dévoiler (available until December 13th via arte.tv) includes a magnificent sequence in which artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude speak up at a town hall meeting. Jeanne-Claude in particular makes her case for wrapping the Arkansas River in large textile materials - the couple’s signature style of outdoor intervention - thereby crossing the land of many farmers and landowners who have assembled in protest, preventing the artwork to be installed. Her plea is met with silence across the room. The project was eventually abandoned. Not all dreams come true, but some do. In September this year, the city of Paris featured the duo’s posthumous work ‘The Arc de Triomphe Wrapped’. Read more about the work of artists in my summary of the year entitled ‘What art means to us’, link in comment. #art #artwork #arcdetriomphewrapped #christojeanneclaude