Zany artwork in Versailles irks French traditionalists (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Published on: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:15:19 GMT

By ANGELA DOLAND VERSAILLES, France ? At the palace of Versailles, a marble statue of Louis XIV now shares space with some unlikely interlopers: Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles, sculpted in porcelain. Versailles, the most gilded and over-the-top of French royal palaces, has let contemporary American artist Jeff Koons redecorate, and his eye-popping giant balloon animals and other zany ... More »