degradation and danger to visitors". As of 2015, over a million locks were placed, weighing approximately 45 tons. Street artists like Jace, El Seed, Brusk or Pantonio have been chosen to paint the new panels that replaces the old railings with locks. Access By foot from Quai François Mitterrand from the right bank of the Seine, and Quai Malaquais or Quai de Conti from the left bank. Popular culture Due to its recognizable nature, the bridge has been featured in numerous films and television shows. Le Pont des Arts directed by Eugène Green is the story is of a young man who falls in love with and finds the whole meaning of his life contained in a young woman who sings a baroque lament on record. He discovers she committed suicide from the Pont des Arts, so that is the only way he can be with her too. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980, in other words it occurs during the collapsing of the bridge. The film was presented in 2004 at the 57th Locarno International Film Festival. The bridge was used in the last scene of the 1995 film Sabrina, and appeared on the 2004 finale of Sex and the City. The bridge has also been featured in the 2013 Hollywood heist adventure film Now You See Me, directed by Louis Leterrier, where Alma Dray (Mélanie Laurent) is met by Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo). Alma takes a lock and a key that Dylan produces, putting the lock on a chain fence and throwing the key into the Seine. Art historian Kenneth Clark wrote about the Pont des Arts in his book Civilisation: St. Germain released a song called "Pont Des Arts" on his 2000 album Tourist. Garden City Movement released a song by the same name in 2014. The bridge was the site of love lock-unlocking tasks on Amazing Race and HaMerotz LaMillion 3. The bridge also served as the Pit Stop for the fifth leg of The Amazing Race 32. Honoré de Balzac described the bridge in Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes as follows: See also List of locations with love locks References External links Pont des Arts from the City Hall of Paris site (Archive) Insecula Pont des Arts on Structurae Arts Arts Arts Arts Buildings and structures in the 1st arrondissement of Paris Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris Articles