LAKE ISEO, ITALY — The invitation said it all: “Walk on water with Christo at ‘The Floating Piers.’ ” Who could resist? Whether you like Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s colossal conceptual installations ...
ISEO, Italy-- It's taken nearly 2,000 years, but regular folks will soon get to feel what it is like to walk on water thanks to a project by the artist Christo, who may or may not have had his ...
ITALY (eTN) – More than 500,000 visitors are expected, and many of them drove all night to get there in time for the official opening of artist Christo’s most spectacular and latest installation on ...
Walking on water isn't just for religious deities anymore. Anyone who can make it to Lake Iseo in northern Italy in the next three weeks can now experience the feeling thanks to a spectacular art ...
Brescia, June 16 - Bulgarian artist Christo on Thursday officially presented "The Floating Piers" art installation, a 4.5-kilometre series of catwalks on Lake Iseo in northern Italy. The artwork, ...
On June 18, the first of many hundreds of thousands of people began arriving at Italy’s Lake Iseo, previously once of the country’s lesser-known lakes, but currently at the center of the world’s art ...
The now 81-year-old artist Christo and his late wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, are known for sometimes controversial large-scale public art installations that often involve wrapping scenic ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about travel and food. So I love forks in the road. Works by Christo are like creative comets—every few years they briefly ...
"The Floating Piers," by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Lake Iseo, Italy, 2016 (Courtesy Wolfgang Volz/Christo) It’s Christo’s first large-scale project since he and his late wife and artists partner, ...
For just two weeks in June 2016, Christo and curator Germano Celant have announced that Christo will create an installation featuring floating walkways covered in bright yellow fabric, building a ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Sara Frances, Special to The Denver Post LAKE ISEO, ITALY — The invitation said it all: “Walk on water with Christo at ‘The Floating Piers.’ ” Who could ...