Re-running the Running Fence: Christo and the Marathon runner

A presentation and discussion of the controversial Running Fence project for Marin and Sonoma counties that made Petaluma, California the art capital of the world in September1976.

Donations support the 2026 marathon and art festival celebrating Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Running Fence.

Running Fence Run 2026 marathon and art festival

Online Auction ends Jan 3, 2026

Scouting Running Fence locations near Valley Ford, CA.

Photo: Shunk-Kender,1973. Harry Shunk and Shunk-Kender photographs, 1957-1987, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2014.R.20

Additional Materials:

"Christo and Jeanne-Claude." Michael Blackwood Productions.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Reflecting on the 50th Anniversary of “Valley Curtain” and the Artists’ Legacy Vail Mountain School

Interview with Wolfgang Volz by Alejandra Estrada

https://www.wolfgangvolz.com/w-o-r-k/christo-and-jeanne-claude/