Würth Collection

From July 12, 2020 to October 20, 2021

With the exceptional wealth of works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in its possession and the Würth Collection is putting on a remarkable retrospective exhibition highlighting the major projects undertaken in the career of this artistic couple.

Christo (1935 – 2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935 – 2009), two names which, since the 1960s, have left their mark on the contemporary art scene and the collective imagination. Their projects are constant invitations to examine the world we live in, be it natural or constructed, with fresh eyes.

An orange curtain suspended between two mountains in Colorado in 1972, the Pont-Neuf wrapped in Paris in 1985, giant parasols erected simultaneously in Japan and California in 1991… These transient installations attempt to bring art closer to the general public and offer a purely aesthetic pleasure. The very art of drapery offering the play of shadow and light, the fall of the folds, the ropes and knots envelope and therefore distract the eye the better to unveil or reveal powerful forms and volumes.