On March 12, 2024, the gigantic tapestry for the Paris 2024 Olympics will finally be unveiled to the public, after three years of meticulous work by artisans from the national factories.
For the past three years, a true work of art has been unfolding behind the scenes. For the Paris 2024 Olympics, a giant tapestry will come to life, a joint project between the Paris 2024 organizing committee and the Ministry of Culture, presented in 2021. Talented artisans from the national manufactures of Gobelins and Beauvais have been busy bringing the project to life, designed by the Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, inspired by the poster of the last games in the capital.
The gigantic tapestry, measuring 9 meters by 3.3 meters, in three parts, will finally be fully unveiled during a warp drop, a few months before the competition, on March 12, 2024, at the Gobelins factory. It will then adorn an iconic location of the Paris 2024 Games, yet to be revealed. In total, this triptych consists of 17 colors and 60 kilos of wool, dyed in France, but originating from New Zealand.
This triptych recalls the values of the first Olympics rehabilitated by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and highlights the innovations that will be brought to this new edition. On the left, we can see a javelin thrower, a symbol of the first traditional Games and notably of 1924; in the center, a symbol of equality and gender parity, accompanied by the Olympic flame; and on the right, the new sports invited in 2024, namely, breaking and skateboarding, all under the Eiffel Tower, a symbol of the capital.
