French Artist Claude Lévêque's Work Has Been Pulled From a Museum as Police Investigate His Alleged Abuse of Children
Lévêque denies the allegations. January 14, 2021 French artist Claude Leveque at the Opera Garnier in Paris on December 30, 2018. Photo by Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images. Claude Lévêque, a decorated artist who represented France at the 2009 Venice Biennale, has suspended his relationship with his gallery and seen his work permanently removed from the walls of a museum in Geneva in light of an ongoing criminal investigation by French prosecutors. The Bobigny public prosecutor’s office confirmed to Artnet News that local police launched a preliminary investigation into Lévêqu...
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