Onlookers cheered and applauded as a white sheet covering was lifted to reveal Koons' massive Bouquet of Tulips - a sculpture of a human hand grasping a multicoloured bunch of flowers. Workmen installing the new sculpture near the Eiffel Tower. Photo: AFPBut the proposed site for the 12-metre work - outside the Palais de Tokyo contemporary art museum, on an esplanade facing the Eiffel Tower - quickly ran into resistance. A site was finally chosen in a green space near the Petit Palais museum in the city centre that is partly obscured from view by trees, ending a four-year row over its location. Koons, seen as the king of kitsch contemporary art, told Le Figaro this week he was "saddened" by the row, which he claimed was triggered by "a lot of misunderstandings and misinformation".

Source: The Local October 04, 2019 11:15 UTC