Why Christo Cancelled an Epic Public Artwork

Christo, the artist famous for wrapping the Reichstag, erecting orange gates in Central Park, and running miles of fabric fence through Sonoma County ranch-land, has thrown in the towel. He told the New York Times this week that he is abandoning Over the River, his plan to drape a canopy over 6 miles of Colorado’s Arkansas River, as a protest against President Donald Trump.

“I use my own money and my own work and my own plans because. “And here now, the federal government is our landlord. They own the land. I can’t do a project that benefits this landlord.”