Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Running Fence. Photo: Wolfgang Volz © 1976 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation.
SANTA ROSA, CA.- The Museum of Sonoma County announced its landmark exhibition Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Running Fence at 50 Years. From June 27 through November 8, 2026 we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the monumental temporary art installation that stretched 24.5 miles through 59 properties in Sonoma and Marin Counties to the Pacific Ocean. Originally completed in September 1976, Running Fence remains a world-famous milestone in contemporary art, and a defining moment in North Bay history.
“The Running Fence was like a ribbon of light in the landscape,” explained Christo in 1977. “I don’t think any museum exhibition has touched so profoundly hundreds of thousands of people who visited Running Fence, in a way that half a million people in Sonoma and Marin Counties were engaged with the making of the work of art for three and a half years,” also detailed the artist…