Christo, Jeanne-Claude Get Lifetime Career Achievement Award

Society | December 8, 2005, Thursday // 00:00

Bulgaria born conceptual artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude will receive the Premio Lorenzo il Magnifico for Lifetime Career Achievement at the Florence Biennale.

The internationally renowned artists will present a projection on their work at the 5th Florence International Biennale of Contemporary Art on December 8. At the conclusion of the presentation, Pasquale Celona, President of the Florence Biennale, will award the artists the Premio Lorenzo il Magnifico for Lifetime Career Achievement.

Through their collaborative environmental and civic art projects, the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude are among the most widely known and influential of contemporary artists. Husband and wife, they were born on the same day, June 13, in 1935: Christo in Bulgaria, Jeanne-Claude in Morocco. They met and were married in Paris in 1958. Since 1961, they have executed installations in Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States, each time expanding the definition of art in public.

The Florence Biennale is the world's most comprehensive exposition of international contemporary art. In 2005, artists from more than 70 countries will exhibit around 2500 works in all media both in its main site in the historic Fortezza da Basso in Florence, and in public squares throughout the city. The International Jury includes such noted critics as Barbara Rose, R.B. Bhaskaran and Julian Zugazagoitia. The Biennale enjoys the high patronage of President of the Reppublic Ciampi and official recognition as a member in the United Nations' program "Dialogue among Civilizations".

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