I wasn't sure that I should repost the picture of this piece of "art" here, but without a picture it is really impossible to imagine what a crucified frog would look like. In fact, I almost missed this story altogether – but last week the Museum in Bolzano announced that it would not take down the display despite the Pope's request. I think it's rather sad that the frog is actually supposed to depict the artist (the late Martin Kippenberger) and human anguish. The letter from the Vatican said that the religious sentiments of many people were wounded. So, does it offend religion as a whole – just Christianity – just the Roman Catholic Church – or only the artist himself, who also took a video of himself being crucified? It's a sad world, and this "frog" is a grotesque thing indeed – after all, why is it holding an egg and a beer mug?
See here for one source of the picture and an article.
