Paris can no longer keep its monumental art display under wraps after the Arc de Triomphe was encased in shimmering fabric as part of a public art display.

The $16 million “Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped” project, unveiled on Thursday, consists of 270,000 square feet of silvery-blue fabric and was paid for by selling the artists’ smaller pieces. Throughout the careers of Christo and Jean-Claude, a married couple who conceived of the concept in the 1960s, the artists never accepted public funding or grants, instead relying on revenue from their sales.

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