Movies
The art of Christo and his late wife, Jeanne-Claude, consists of large, outdoor installations comprising fabric walls, oversize umbrellas, and islands, buildings and coastlines draped or surrounded in fabric.
May 23, 2019
Obituaries
Christo’s 1991 installations of more than 1,000 colorful umbrellas in Southern California and Japan resulted in tragedy. Christo created ephemeral projects across the globe
May 31, 2020
California
They are still not exactly friends.
Dec. 27, 1987
Entertainment & Arts
Will Christo’s oil-barrel pyramid ‘Mastaba’ finally rise?
Nov. 26, 2012
As the family of a Camarillo woman planned her funeral Monday, environmental artist Christo said he was saddened that one of his giant umbrellas had caused her death.
Oct. 29, 1991
World & Nation
The city of Paris is unveiling a monumental artwork built around an actual monument: the Arc de Triomphe completely swathed in silver and blue fabric.
Sept. 17, 2021
Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude conceived their “Mastaba” -- a postmodern pyramid made of oil barrels -- as their largest and only permanent work.
In Christoland, the countdown had reached Day 138.
July 26, 1991
Environmental artist Christo had at least $2 million in liability insurance on his giant umbrella project in which a woman was killed, Kern County officials said Monday as they explored their own possible liability in the death.
Christo is back in California and this time he is not the enemy.
Oct. 6, 1991