A London gallery owner is under investigation by Scotland Yard “for showing a picture of a girl in a bath taken by her artist mother after a passerby complained to the police that it was ‘paedophiliac and offensive’.”
Tag: 12.18.02
Losing Her Head Over Art?
Should a London man be jailed for decapitating a statue of Margaret Thatcher? He claims the act was art. “The prosecution will attempt to convince you that my actions amount to criminal damage whereas my defence will centre around artistic expression and my right to interact with this broken world. We can ill afford to ever lose our sense of humour. I was left with no choice other than to do this act of satirical humour.”
WTC Site – Tower of Greatness?
Proposals for rebuilding on the World Trade Center site are to be presented today. “Thanks entirely to public pressure, our great city has taken a giant step toward reclaiming a place of world leadership in the civil art of building. The participants include some of the most influential figures in contemporary architecture. Not since 1947, when an international design team met to plan the United Nations headquarters, has a comparable list of architectural talent set to work on a New York project.”