Florence Looks For A Place For Ugly Statues
They were a gift from China. "When Florence gifted a bronze reproduction of Michelangelo's David to Ningbo to help boost trade ties, the Chinese city reciprocated. The trouble was, it did so by donating two enormous and decidedly unprepossessing stone sculptures for which the Florentine authorities have struggled to find a suitable home." The Guardian (UK) 0/01/08

Posted September 1, 2008 03:12 PM