Immersed in Pink: Christo’s Legacy Anchored in NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
Exhibition
Image of exhibition installation. Courtesy of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
NSU Art Museum
One East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33301
Ongoing
A Florida museum offers a permanent home and legacy to the renowned Pink Island.
The NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is proud to become the official home of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Surrounded Islands. The groundbreaking exhibition celebrates the visionary artists’ transformative work through a stunning array of over 43 original preparatory drawings and collages by Christo, along with large-scale photo murals, photographs, engineering surveys, environmental reports, permits, and personal correspondence.
The show harks back to the early eighties when Miami’s Biscayne Bay was transformed by the iconic couple’s Surrounded Islands – considered by the Christo and Jeanne-Claude as permanent artworks in the minds of viewers, since “an experience can never be taken away”.
A Bulgarian-born artist who later became a naturalized French citizen, Christo (1935–2020) is celebrated for his monumental environmental installations created in collaboration with his partner Jeanne-Claude. Together, they reimagined landscapes and urban spaces through temporary, poetic transformations that remain among the most ambitious achievements in contemporary art.
Visitors will also encounter rare archival materials, including scale models and actual components from the project—like segments of the legendary pink fabric that once wrapped Miami’s Biscayne Bay. This extraordinary gift from the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation invites you to immerse yourself in the art, ambition, and awe of a project that captivated the world.