The Gates-Kheel Video Clip
This film premiered on HBO on February 26, 2008 and was produced by Maysles Films. The following excerpt shows the first meeting of Christo and Jeanne Claude with Ted Kheel in 1979.
NNF thanks HBO, Maysles Films, Christo and Jeanne Claude, and Antonio Ferrera for their help in making this excerpt available for our website.
About Our Art Prints
Signed art prints donated by three extraordinary artists are available for purchase in our art prints store, to support the programs we are engaged in. The prints include, among others, "Last Turn Your Turn" created by Robert Rauschenberg for the Earth Summit, Christo sketches of "The Gates,” a public art event by Christo and his wife Jeanne Claude that drew millions to Central Park, and "Manifest Destiny," by Alexis Rockman, showing New York City underwater in the future as a result of climate change.