The Gates, NY

This weekend, a large-scale art exhibition called The Gates is due to open in Central Park, New York. Designed by the husband and wife team Cristo and Jeanne-Claude, 7500 gates will be assembled over 23 miles of walkway and draped with saffron colored fabric.

Cristo and Jeanne-Claude have displayed many other imaginative large works of art, including islands surrounded by pink plastic, and hills covered with umbrellas. I bet The Gates will be an amazing sight, and great fun to walk through! If you're going to visit it, do it soon, because it's due to be dismantled at the end of February.

Update: If you're interested in art that is similar to The Gates, NY, then check out my blog entry The Gates, Japan.