Interview
The art world's favorite dirty joke of 2014 — Paul McCarthy's suggestive "Tree" inflatable that caused Paris's prudes to perk up back in October — is coming home for the holidays.
Art
In the last few weeks, Paul McCarthy has catapulted into the public imagination as the infamous artist firmly behind Paris's ill-fated "Tree" (aka #pluggate).
Art
PARIS — I admit that I was nearly fed up with Paul McCarthy’s pretentious zombie provocation — and its sudden removal.
Opinion
PARIS — About 60 artists and art critics allied with the French chapter of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) gathered in the Place Vendôme at mid-day Friday near where Paul McCarthy’s once mighty butt plug–based inflatable “Tree” had once stood and stooped. McCarthy himself was abs
Art
What, I ask you, should one expect if one asks artist Paul McCarthy to create a Christmas tree for the place of honor at a renowned, must-attend art fair? Well, it’s Paul McCarthy, so there are only two possible outcomes: a turd or a butt plug.
In Brief
France's chief of state has pledged his support for the American artist Paul McCarthy, after the artist's 80-foot-tall inflatable sculpture "Tree," which bares an uncanny resemblance to a butt plug, proved intolerable to prudish Parisians.
Opinion
After a rough start for Paul McCarthy's 80-foot tall "Tree," that included a few punches and name-calling by people unhappy with the artist's provocation, the inflatable green sculpture has been, well, unplugged.
Opinion
American artist Paul McCarthy has erected his latest Christmas-themed work, “Tree,” and it has plugged up Paris’s Place Vendome for the FIAC Contemporary Art Fair.