Dispute Over Büchel Installation Heads To Court

“The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art is pushing to display Swiss artist Christoph Büchel’s massive unfinished installation — which brings indoors an oil tanker, a smashed police car, and a two-story home –against his wishes. After failing to coax Büchel to complete ‘Training Ground for Democracy,’ Mass MoCA filed a civil suit Monday to allow the public to see the work.”