Christo
Visionary Bulgarian-born Artist Christo Passes Away
Influential contemporary artist Hristo Vladimirov Javacheff "Christo" passed away of natural causes at the age of 84 in New York, his representatives announced little before midnight on May 31. "Christo lived his life to the fullest, not only dreaming up what seemed impossible but realizing it," his office said.
Bulgarian-Born Artist Christo's Trump Protest Causes Splash
The decision of the legendary Bulgarian-born artist Christo to pull out of a major artwork on Wednesday has been called by The New York Times "the most visible - and costly - protest of the new administration from within the art world".