Video: Interview with Artist Jeanne-Claude, Co-creator of “The Gates”
Friday, November 20th, 2009
The artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 installation “The Gates” in Central Park with her husband Christo, has died at age 74. Her family says the artist died Wednesday night after suffering a brain aneurysm. “The Gates,” a series of metal archways bearing bright orange drapery, was viewed by more than five million people and is credited with bringing more than $250 million to the city’s economy.
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