A frog nailed to a cross with a beer mug and an egg in it’s hands has caused quite a commotion in the mountains of Northern Italy. The sculpture is by German artist Martin Kippenberge and the locals are none too happy. The reason it seems is it is too close to the Pope’s summer […]

I don’t know if billionaire Paul Allen is happy or nervous about a petition flying around South Lake Union’s neighborhood of Cascade Park. It seems the locals are lining up to sign a petition to have a 300-foot-tall (91.4-metre) bronze statue of him erected, but not in a good way. Led by Kapow! coffee shop, […]

Jamaica is mourning one its most controversial sculptors, Christopher Gonzalez. He was the artist that nearly created a full scale riot, after unveiling his statue of Bob Marley. It is no mean feat getting the Rastafarian’s in a tizz over a memorial, but he succeeded. Hmm, it seems, when the government commissioned him in 1983 […]

When you approve a statue of Jesus (with an erection) to be shown in your art gallery, you are bound to find yourself in some sort of trouble. But I bet the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead weren’t expecting to find themselves facing six months prison and a £5,000 fine. Hmm that seems […]