Honor
Wall of Oil Barrels—The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961–62
Sixty-Year Anniversary Celebration
Monday, June 27, 2022, 9pm
rue Visconti, Paris
On the evening of June 27, 1962, Christo and Jeanne-Claude installed Wall of Oil Barrels—The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961–62, closing the historic rue Visconti with eighty-nine barrels. The 4.2-meter-high barricade blocked one of narrowest streets in Paris for eight hours, obstructing most of the traffic through the Left Bank. To celebrate the sixty-year anniversary of the work, the city of Paris is closing the street and visitors on-site will be able to activate an augmented-reality animation of the barrels. The event is free and open to the public.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Wall of Oil Barrels—The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961–62 (1961–62), Paris, June 27, 1962. Artwork © Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation. Photo: Jean-Dominique Lajoux
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