Danish artist seeks to stop his work being cut up to make watches
(The Guardian Denmark)

Faroese art provocateurs want to use canvas of Tal R´s Paris Chic as raw materialA court in Denmark will rule on Monday on whether to prohibit a pair of Faroese art provocateurs from destroying a painting by the Danish artist Tal R and using pieces of the canvas as decorative faces for a line of luxury wristwatches.Dann Thorleifsson and Arne Leivsgard, who five years ago founded the Kanske watch brand, bought Paris Chic, one of Tal R´s brightly coloured Sexshops series, for £70,000 at the Victoria Miro gallery in London in August. Related: Tal R´s House Red: the American dream as an urban ghost Continue reading...