Public Interest in Public Art

There is no shortage of news coverage of public art, particularly in France. The recent installation of works by Laurent Lacotte (in Ivry), Raphaël Zarka (in Trélazé), Berdaguer & Péjus (in Marseille) and others demonstrate this. The coverage is as much about the works installed as about heated controversies and reflections on the status of public art in relation to the tradition of “public beauty” and, in particular public engagement. But do we really know what we are talking about? In Fran...