French artist Adel Abdessemed has made a giant bronze sculpture depicting the infamous moment during the 2006 World Cup when the French captain Zinédine Zidane head butt Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest. The 18-foot-tall statue, called Coup de Tête, is installed in the courtyard of Paris’s Pompidou Center, where Mr. Abdessemed is currently the subject of a retrospective. Read More
Last night was a rough one for Dallas Cowboys fans, with their men losing to the Chicago Bears 34-18. On the plus side, they got to look at text works by Jenny Holzer on their stadium’s gargantuan video monitor periodically during the game. Read More
The new home of the Nets basketball team, the Barclays Center, which is set to open in downtown Brooklyn next Friday, will boast 101 luxury suites, one of Jay-Z’s 40/40 clubs and—its owners announced today—major site-specific artworks by Mickalene Thomas, the collective OpenEndedGroup and Fort Greene-based artist José Parlá. Read More
Artist Rashid Johnson will throw the opening pitch at Chicago’s Wrigley Field at the April 12 Chicago Cubs game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Read More
