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Plus, MGM Resorts goes on an art-buying spree after selling off its Picassos, and a French town re-illuminates its Claude Lévêque sculpture.
A community council in Montreuil, France, has asked the city to reactivate the sculpture by disgraced artist Claude Lévêque.
Modern Dance (2015) was created by Claude Lévêque in the Paris suburb of Montreuil © ADAGP Claude Lévêque. Two local councils in the Greater Paris region will remove luminous public sculptures by the French artist Claude Lévêque, following accusations, first reported in Le Monde earlier this month, that Lévêque sexually abused and raped minors under the age of 15. The case is currently under police investigation. Lévêque, who denies all claims made against him, is best known for his neon sculptures and assemblages, many of which are exhibited across France an...