Christo The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates, Collage 2007, pencil, wax crayon, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, pastel, charcoal and tape; © Christo 2007

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.-Internationally renowned avant-garde artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, will present a special public lecture about key aspects of their impressive art projects. Christo and Jeanne-Claude's names are synonymous with urban and rural works of art on a vast scale. Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s many celebrated art projects over almost five decades include Wrapped Coast Little Bay, Australia (1968-9), Running fence, California (1972-6), The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris (1975-85), Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin (1971-91), and most recentlzy The Gates, Central Park NY (1979-2005).
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