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Jeanne-Claude, Artist and Wife of Christo

Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 01:09PM

Jeanne-Claude, the wife of wrap-happy artist Christo and his artistic collaborator for more than 50 years, died from a brain aneurysm last night at the age of 74. Her favorite project, she said: "the next one." [AP]

Give Christo the duct tape

Gawker · 02/16/03 12:50AM

"For the past week, I've had this nasty cough that wakes me up a lot in the middle of the night, so I've been hearing the Brian Lehrer show replay on WNYC around 2 a.m. Last night the topic was about terrorism, again. This was good: A listener suggested Christo wrap the city in duct tape."
A city wrapped in tape [Amy Langfield's New York Notebook]

Christo wraps New York

Gawker · 12/20/02 04:00PM

Bulgarian artist Christowhose specialties include "wrapping," "draping," and "surrounding"is planning to wrap Central Park in 26 miles of saffron-colored fabric. We're pretty neutral on the Central Park project but we do have a few suggestions: