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Paris's Arc de Triomphe covered in shimmering fabric in a tribute to artist Christo
UPDATED : Sep 21 2021, 15:07 IST
Tourists wandering along the most famous thoroughfare in Paris viewed the majestic Arc de Triomphe in its temporary guise as an art installation. The monument has been covered in silvery wrapping as a tribute to the late Bulgarian-born artist Christo. Imagined in 1961, "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" was finally brought to life by Christo's nephew, Vladimir Yavatchev, at a cost of about 14 million euros ($16.54 million).
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Paris' Arc de Triomphe covered in shimmering fabric in a tribute to artist Christo Credit: Reuters Photo
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2 /11 Crowds of Parisians and tourists strolled along the Champs-Elysees avenue along the most famous thoroughfare in Paris to view the Arc de Triomphe in its temporary guise as an art installation. The monument has been covered in silvery wrapping, as conceived by the late artist Christo. Credit: AFP Photo
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3 /11 a little over a year after Christo’s death at the age of 84, “L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped” is a reality. About 270,000 square feet of silvery blue fabric, shimmering in the changing light of Paris, hugs the monument commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 at the giddy height of his power. The polypropylene material, its tone reminiscent of the city’s distinctive zinc roofs, is secured but not held rigidly fast by almost 1.9 miles of red rope, in line with the artist’s meticulous instructions. Credit: AFP Photo
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4 /11 Bulgarian-born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff met Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon in Paris in 1958 and they later became lovers. The idea for the artwork was born in the early '60s, when they lived in Paris. Jeanne-Claude died in 2009, and Christo in May last year. The monument was to be wrapped last fall, but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed it. Credit: AFP Photo
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5 /11 At weekends, the Arc de Triomphe's traffic-heavy roundabout will be entirely pedestrianized. Visitors to the famous Napoleonic arch, which dominates the Champs-Elysees Avenue, will not only be able to see the gleaming fabric, but to touch it too — as the artists had intended. Credit: AFP Photo
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6 /11 The installation by late artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who conceived the project in 1961, opened on Saturday. Visits will take place for almost three weeks. Credit: AFP Photo
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7 /11 Those climbing the 50 meters to the top will step on it when they reach the roof terrace. Credit: AFP Photo
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8 /11 The 14 million-euro project is being financed through the sale of Christo's preparatory studies, drawings, scale models, and other pieces of work. Credit: Reuters Photo
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![Tourists walk near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Credit: AFP Photo](https://www.deccanherald.com/sites/dh/files/styles/gallery_thumbnails/public/gallery_images/2021/09/21/Paris%20Arc%20de%20Triomphe.jpg "The artists were known for elaborate, temporary creations that involved blanketing familiar public places with fabric, including Berlin\'s Reichstag and Paris\' Pont Neuf bridge, and creating giant site-specific installations, such as a series of 7,503 gates in New York City\'s Central Park and the 24.5-mile \")
9 /11 The artists were known for elaborate, temporary creations that involved blanketing familiar public places with fabric, including Berlin's Reichstag and Paris' Pont Neuf bridge, and creating giant site-specific installations, such as a series of 7,503 gates in New York City's Central Park and the 24.5-mile "Running Fence" in California. Credit: AFP Photo
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10 /11 Roselyne Bachelot, the culture minister, said: “The Arc de Triomphe is taken away from our gaze and at the same time overexposed to our gaze. This subtraction and this overexposure lie at the core of the work. Thank you, Christo, for offering us the gift of looking in another way, in a new way, at masterpieces built by other artists.” Credit: AFP Photo
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11 /11 The Arc de Triomphe, like any great monument, was built to last. Christo’s conceptual art is ephemeral. Within weeks it will be dismantled. There is something liberating in this, perhaps because the fleeting nature of the work makes possession impossible. The work is immense, yet insubstantial. The fabric seems to express something nomadic, in keeping with Christo’s own peripatetic life. Credit: AFP Photo
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1 /5 Leader of the leftist Syriza party, Alexis Tsipras delivers a speech during the party's campaign rally in Patras, southern Greece, on May 19, 2023, ahead of Greece's general elections. Credit: AFP Photo
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2 /5 Riders of the pack cycle during the thirteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia 2023 cycling race, which start was transfered from Borgofranco d'Ivrea to Le Chable due to bad weather conditions, and Crans-Montana, on May 19, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo
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3 /5 Pedestrians cross the street at the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on May 19, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo
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4 /5 Policemen stand guard as the motorcade of US President Joe Biden travels to the Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima Island during a visit as part of the G7 Leaders' Summit, on May 19, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo
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5 /5 Some 1200 windsurfers take the start of the 21th edition of the Defi Wind in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan in southern France, on May 19, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo
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A sneak peek into newly built Parliament building, to be inaugurated by PM Modi on May 28
UPDATED : May 19 2023, 14:14 IST
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![A sneak peek into newly built Parliament building, to be inaugurated by PM Modi on May 28]( "A sneak peek into newly built Parliament building, to be inaugurated by PM Modi on May 28")
1 /10 A sneak peek into newly built Parliament building, to be inaugurated by PM Modi on May 28
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![Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on May 28 dedicate to the nation the newly-constructed Parliament building. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts]( "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on May 28 dedicate to the nation the newly-constructed Parliament building. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts")
2 /10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on May 28 dedicate to the nation the newly-constructed Parliament building. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts
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![The new Parliament building can comfortably seat 888 members in the Lok Sabha chamber and 300 in the Rajya Sabha chamber. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts]( "The new Parliament building can comfortably seat 888 members in the Lok Sabha chamber and 300 in the Rajya Sabha chamber. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts")
3 /10 The new Parliament building can comfortably seat 888 members in the Lok Sabha chamber and 300 in the Rajya Sabha chamber. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts
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![If a joint sitting of both Houses is to be held, a total of 1,280 members can be accommodated in the Lok Sabha chamber. Credit: Twitter/@Jairam_Ramesh]( "If a joint sitting of both Houses is to be held, a total of 1,280 members can be accommodated in the Lok Sabha chamber. Credit: Twitter/@Jairam_Ramesh")
4 /10 If a joint sitting of both Houses is to be held, a total of 1,280 members can be accommodated in the Lok Sabha chamber. Credit: Twitter/@Jairam_Ramesh
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![The new building has been built in record time with quality construction, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts]( "The new building has been built in record time with quality construction, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts")
5 /10 The new building has been built in record time with quality construction, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said. Credit: Twitter/@airnewsalerts
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![Officials said the present building was never designed to accommodate a bicameral legislature and the seating arrangements were cramped and cumbersome, with no desks beyond the second row. Credit: PIB]( "Officials said the present building was never designed to accommodate a bicameral legislature and the seating arrangements were cramped and cumbersome, with no desks beyond the second row. Credit: PIB")
6 /10 Officials said the present building was never designed to accommodate a bicameral legislature and the seating arrangements were cramped and cumbersome, with no desks beyond the second row. Credit: PIB
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![The present Parliament building was completed in 1927, and is now 96 years old. Credit: AFP Photo]( "The present Parliament building was completed in 1927, and is now 96 years old. Credit: AFP Photo")
7 /10 The present Parliament building was completed in 1927, and is now 96 years old. Credit: AFP Photo
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![The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building on December 10, 2020. Credit: PIB]( "The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building on December 10, 2020. Credit: PIB")
8 /10 The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building on December 10, 2020. Credit: PIB
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![The new building, constructed by Tata Projects Ltd, will have a grand constitution hall to showcase India\'s democratic heritage, a lounge for MPs, a library, multiple committee rooms, dining areas and ample parking space. Credit: Reuters Photo]( "The new building, constructed by Tata Projects Ltd, will have a grand constitution hall to showcase India\'s democratic heritage, a lounge for MPs, a library, multiple committee rooms, dining areas and ample parking space. Credit: Reuters Photo")
9 /10 The new building, constructed by Tata Projects Ltd, will have a grand constitution hall to showcase India's democratic heritage, a lounge for MPs, a library, multiple committee rooms, dining areas and ample parking space. Credit: Reuters Photo
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![The triangular-shaped four-storey building has a built-up area of 64,500 square metres. Credit: Reuters Photo]( "The triangular-shaped four-storey building has a built-up area of 64,500 square metres. Credit: Reuters Photo")
10 /10 The triangular-shaped four-storey building has a built-up area of 64,500 square metres. Credit: Reuters Photo
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World news | India News | IPL | Cricket | Italy | Guatemala | Greece | Ukraine | Russia | ![Supporters of Greek opposition leader of Syriza party attend a pre-election speech in Athens on May 18, 2023, ahead of Greece\'s general elections on May 21. Credit: AFP Photo]( "Supporters of Greek opposition leader of Syriza party attend a pre-election speech in Athens on May 18, 2023, ahead of Greece\'s general elections on May 21. Credit: AFP Photo")
1 /5 Supporters of Greek opposition leader of Syriza party attend a pre-election speech in Athens on May 18, 2023, ahead of Greece's general elections on May 21. Credit: AFP Photo
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![Indigenous women take part in the \'Prayer for Rain\' ceremony on the shore of the Chicabal Lagoon, formed on the crater of a former volcano and considered by Mayan people as a sacred place, in San Martin Sacatepequez, Guatemala, on May 18, 2023.]( "Indigenous women take part in the \'Prayer for Rain\' ceremony on the shore of the Chicabal Lagoon, formed on the crater of a former volcano and considered by Mayan people as a sacred place, in San Martin Sacatepequez, Guatemala, on May 18, 2023.")
2 /5 Indigenous women take part in the 'Prayer for Rain' ceremony on the shore of the Chicabal Lagoon, formed on the crater of a former volcano and considered by Mayan people as a sacred place, in San Martin Sacatepequez, Guatemala, on May 18, 2023.
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3 /5 Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on May 18, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo
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4 /5 A photograph shows a destroyed house after a missile strike in Tsirkuny village, Kharkiv region on May 18, 2023. Credit: AFP Photo
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5 /5 Displaced people prepare to spend the night in a dormitory set up on May 18, 2023 in the Classis museum of Ravenna, after heavy rains caused flooding across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region. Credit: AFP Photo
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Arjun Ram Meghwal: Things to know about the new Law Minister
UPDATED : May 18 2023, 19:35 IST
Bureaucrat-turned-politician Arjun Ram Meghwal assumed charge as the Minister of Law and Justice, succeeding Kiren Rijiju, who was removed from the high-profile ministry in a surprise development on May 18. Here we list some facts about the newly appointed law minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal.
![Arjun Ram Meghwal: Things to know about the new Law Minister]( "Arjun Ram Meghwal: Things to know about the new Law Minister")
1 /7 Arjun Ram Meghwal: Things to know about the new Law Minister
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![Arjun Ram Meghwal is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Rajasthan\'s Bikaner. Credit: PTI Photo]( "Arjun Ram Meghwal is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Rajasthan\'s Bikaner. Credit: PTI Photo")
2 /7 Arjun Ram Meghwal is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Rajasthan's Bikaner. Credit: PTI Photo
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![Arjun Ram Meghwal is known for cycling to the Parliament. There are several occasions where Meghwal was seen riding a bicycle to reach Lok Sabha. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal]( "Arjun Ram Meghwal is known for cycling to the Parliament. There are several occasions where Meghwal was seen riding a bicycle to reach Lok Sabha. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal")
3 /7 Arjun Ram Meghwal is known for cycling to the Parliament. There are several occasions where Meghwal was seen riding a bicycle to reach Lok Sabha. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal
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![While serving as water resources minister, Meghwal stopped the flow of India\'s share of water to Pakistan after the Pulwama attack. Credit: PTI Photo]( "While serving as water resources minister, Meghwal stopped the flow of India\'s share of water to Pakistan after the Pulwama attack. Credit: PTI Photo")
4 /7 While serving as water resources minister, Meghwal stopped the flow of India's share of water to Pakistan after the Pulwama attack. Credit: PTI Photo
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![Meghwal is 69-year-old and is an retired IAS officer. Credit: PTI Photo]( "Meghwal is 69-year-old and is an retired IAS officer. Credit: PTI Photo")
5 /7 Meghwal is 69-year-old and is an retired IAS officer. Credit: PTI Photo
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![Meghwal has served as the District Collector of Churu, Rajasthan. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal]( "Meghwal has served as the District Collector of Churu, Rajasthan. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal")
6 /7 Meghwal has served as the District Collector of Churu, Rajasthan. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal
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![Meghwal is only the third person to hold the Law and Justice portfolio as a Minister of State with Independent Charge. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal]( "Meghwal is only the third person to hold the Law and Justice portfolio as a Minister of State with Independent Charge. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal")
7 /7 Meghwal is only the third person to hold the Law and Justice portfolio as a Minister of State with Independent Charge. Credit: Twitter/@arjunrammeghwal
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