Artistic duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude fought long and hard to wrap the German Reichstag building in their signature fabric. Photographer Wolfang Volz recalls the ultimate highs and lows.

The Wrapped Reichstag project by Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude, Berlin, 1995 Credit: Reinhard Krause / Reuters Refusing any sponsorship, saying it would limit their freedom, they funded ...

“I am an artist who is totally irrational, totally irresponsible and completely free,” says Christo, cheerfully speaking via video call from his New York studio and home – a five-story ...

After two of his wrapped “Packages” from 1961 were ... In between the Pont Neuf and Reichstag Projects, Christo and Jeanne-Claude simultaneously placed 1,760 yellow umbrellas in the Tejon ...

He was 84 years old. Together, known simply as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, they wrapped iconic landmarks in fabric, such as the Pont Neuf in Paris in 1985 and the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995 ...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the ... open image in gallery The wrapped Reichstag in 1995 (Reuters) (REUTERS) The Wrapped Reichstag project, for which the couple were best known, was ...

Christo spoke to Lucy Burns in 2019. This programme is a rebroadcast. Picture: view of west and south facades of Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin 1971-1995 by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Photo by Wolfgang ...

Born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in Bulgaria ... when they pulled off Wrapped Reichstag, covering the German parliament building in Berlin in aluminium fabric, less than six years after the ...

The couple’s lives are preserved in a SoHo building where for decades they plotted their monumental projects. Hidden among the three-hour-long lines for sample sales, the luxury boutiques selling ...

He was 84 years old. Together, known simply as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, they wrapped iconic landmarks in fabric, such as the Pont Neuf in Paris in 1985 and the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995 ...

he artist known as Christo, who made his name transforming landmarks such as Germany's Reichstag by covering ... "l'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped", would be completed. The event is now scheduled ...