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Paris, Sep 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ian Langsdon) The sun shines through the fully wrapped Arc de Triomphe monument, as part of an art installation entitled 'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' by late Bulgarian-born US artist Christo, in Paris. The monumental installation wraps the landmark Parisian monument under 25,000 square meters of silver and blue polypropylene sheets. It was officially inaugurated on 18 September and will be dismantled on 03 October.FOOTAGE OF THE INSTALLATION.
French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurates Christo's posthumous work 'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped', alongside the artist's nephew who is overseeing the project and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. IMAGES
Paris, Sep 16 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: María Valderrama / Christophe Petit-Tesson) Excited and happy, the nephew of Bulgarian artist Christo, Vladimir Yavacheff, presented on Thursday with his team and French authorities his uncle's dream piece L'Arc de Triomphe Empaqueté come true. FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE INAUGURATION OF THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE EMPAQUETÉ IN PARIS (FRANCE).FOOTAGE OF THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE EMPAQUETÉ .
Paris (France), Sep 11 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez) With the work to wrap the Arc de Triomphe in fabric nearing completion, the artist Christo's nephew, Vladimir Yavachev is "excited" to be able to make his uncle's dream come true, who started working on the idea in 1961.Christo passed away in May 2020 in New York, shortly after the French authorities granted the final permits to carry out the project, so it was up to his nephew - who had worked with him for 31 years - to make it happen posthumously.FOOTAGE OF THE WORKS 'L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE EMPAQUETÉ'.SOUNDBITES OF YAVACHEV.
French farmers block traffic around Paris's famed Arc de Triomphe monument with tractors and bales of hay. IMAGES