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Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan's latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wall
Read full article: Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan's latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wallFor a month now, visitors to a Manhattan gallery have been taking selfies of their reflections in artist Maurizio Cattelan's gleaming gold-plated wall, pockmarked by more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition.
Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison
Read full article: Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prisonA pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel.
The Vatican unveils its project for the Venice Biennale of Art: inside a women's prison
Read full article: The Vatican unveils its project for the Venice Biennale of Art: inside a women's prisonThe Vatican has unveiled a groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: It is mounting a multimedia installation inside Venice’s Giudecca women’s prison.
4 men charged in theft of golden toilet from Churchill's birthplace. It's an artwork titled America
Read full article: 4 men charged in theft of golden toilet from Churchill's birthplace. It's an artwork titled AmericaFour men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.
Sculpture of John Paul II with rock, red water makes waves
Read full article: Sculpture of John Paul II with rock, red water makes wavesKalina, 76, said the installation in the museum's fountain relates to John Paul II's efforts in the 1980s to help free Poland from communism, which is symbolized by the red color the water has from a red fabric placed on the fountain's bottom. The sculpture also drew ridicule on social media, with some commenters comparing the life-sized likeness of the canonized pope toting a rock to a cartoon figure. Cattelan's work, which was displayed in Warsaw in 2000, was seen as disrespectful and provoked a huge outcry. Born as Karol Wojtyla in the southern Polish city of Wadowice, John Paul II served as pope from October 1978 until his death in April 2005. Critics say that during his papacy, the church failed to bring priests who sexually abused children to account.