Merlin Holland, grandson and biographer of Oscar Wilde, with artist and creator of the Oscar Wilde bust, Marie Šeborová. Created by Czech artist Marie Šeborová, the Wilde bust was commissioned by Paris-based former barrister Bill Shipsey, founder of the Art for Human Rights movement. Photograph: Bill Shipsey“It’s an overused word,” Callow said, “but Oscar Wilde was a sort of martyr for his sexuality. Photograph: Sharon Gaffney“The thing about Oscar Wilde is that it’s never either/or. The garden at the Irish embassy in Paris, where the bust of Oscar Wilde will sit alongside an existing bust of designer Eileen Gray.
