Christo, Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida), 1982 Copyright: 2024 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation Collection NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale: Gift of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude Surrounded Islands Documentation Exhibition

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is thrilled to announce that it is now “Home to Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Surrounded Islands.”

The museum will premiere its first exhibition of this transformative gift from the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation in February 2025, which includes over 43 preparatory drawings and collages created by Christo, as well as photographs and photo murals, engineering surveys, environmental studies, permits, correspondence, original components such as sections of the pink fabric, scale models and other archival documents that trace the history of this project.

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Dimithry Victor, Synthetic Giants: Cost of Strength, 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

Dimithry Victor: The American Dream

April 4, 2025

April 12 - August 17, 2025

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 Photo: Wolfgang Volz Copyright: 2024 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation Collection NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale: Gift of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Surrounded Islands Documentation Exhibition

September 25, 2024

February 23, 2025

Joel Meyerowitz, Florida, 1978, 1978, Vintage RC print, 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.5 cm), NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Gift of an anonymous donor.

Joel Meyerowitz: Temporal Aspects

July 24, 2024

October 4, 2024 - August 17, 2025

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