I've walked and drove past the Arc de Triomphe countless times, fearing for my life while traversing the roundabout by motorcycle. On June 18th, I took the walk up the famous arch, coincidentally ...

When Christo is finished, the Arc will be covered, from September 19 to October 4, with nearly 270,000 square feet of ­silver-­blue polypropylene fabric secured by 23,000 feet of red rope.

Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped is the latest, and one of the final, planned works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a pair of artists whose large-scale environmental artworks include the installation of ...

Construction on the Arc de Triomphe began the following year. But Napoleon fell from power, and the monument was not completed until 1836, years after his death in exile on the island of Saint ...

Jeanne-Claude passed away in 2009, followed by Christo last year. His nephew Vladimir Javacheff oversaw the wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe. He said criticism is normal. "Its very human, not of ...

Andrew Balding is lining up an ambitious autumn campaign with Kalpana after she was cut to 7-1 favourite for the Prix de ...

Ace Impact justified his Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) favoritism at ParisLongchamp Oct. 1 when a sharp turn of foot helped him win one of the world's greatest races.

A large European Union flag attached to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday to mark the start of France’s six-month presidency of the bloc was removed on Sunday after it drew outrage from far ...