A new contemporary art museum dedicated to Christo and Jeanne-Claude will emerge in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, specifically in Gabrovo, a new contemporary art museum dedicated to Christo and Jeanne-Claude will be born: it will be called the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Center for Contemporary Art and will be housed in a building that used to house the Technical Textile School, near the House of Humor and Satire. The new museum venue will permanently house the works the couple donated to the city in 2013.

The idea of a permanent Christo and Jeanne-Claude exhibition in Gabrovo was first proposed in 1992, but it was not until 2008 that institutions supported the creation of a Center for Contemporary Art dedicated to them. Christo donated fifty works to his hometown in 2013 on the condition that the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Center for Contemporary Art be built within ten years. The question of a permanent home remained unresolved for years, and in the end it was decided to renovate the former school: the entire area would cover about 10,700 square meters. A vast space that will allow for several exhibition rooms, storage rooms, an event hall, studios, a space dedicated to children’s workshops, a shared workspace and a cafeteria.

Pictured is what the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Contemporary Art Center in Gabrovo will look like. Credit Martina Deneva

A new contemporary art museum dedicated to Christo and Jeanne-Claude will emerge in Bulgaria

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