Christo and Jeanne-Claude were both born on , in Bulgaria and Morocco, respectively. The pair met and married in Paris in the late 1950s. Originally working under Christo's name, they later credited their installations to both "Christo and Jeanne-Claude".
Official website of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Features photographs and texts about all major projects, early works, and works in progress. Includes biographical and bibliographical information as well as past, current, and upcoming exhibitions.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, environmental sculptors noted for their controversial outdoor sculptures that often involved monumental displays of fabrics and plastics.
Christo, the conceptual artist who, together with his wife, Jeanne-Claude, dazzled audiences around the world with monumental temporary installations, died on May 31 at the age of 84 from natural causes.
The monumental environmental installations of the late husband-and-wife duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude are having a major moment, timed to the 90th anniversary of their births —both artists were born .
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, who was known for his monumental environmental artworks with his late wife, Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, has died. He was 84 years old.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s biggest works—many of them made after years of bureaucratic wrangling and construction, and all of them temporary—are ranked below by the amount of fabric used.
Christo, the Bulgarian-born conceptual artist who created large-scale fleeting art installations with his collaborator and wife, Jeanne-Claude, died of natural causes at his New York City home on...
As both artists and people, they dream BIG. They were born on the same day in 1935: Jeanne-Claude in Morocco, Christo in Bulgaria. The pair met when Christo was commissioned to paint a portrait of Jeanne-Claude’s mother. Despite being from two very different worlds, they fell madly in love.