Miles-Long Christo Art Exhibit to Open in Central Park

By Neda Ulaby

Published February 9, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

An enormous work of art opens Saturday in New York's Central Park. The Gates Project is the brainchild of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The husband-and-wife team's work consists of 7,500 squared arches topped with orange flags.

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