COURTING CONTROVERSY

With the inclusion of provocative works by Chris Ofili, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, and others, the 12th Sydney Biennale, which opens in May, seems ready (and eager?) for some Brooklyn Museum-style publicity. Museum of Contemporary Art Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor said the show will “no doubt attract attention with Guo-Qiang’s naked woman on a horse…Chris Ofili, the artist who uses elephant dung, and Yayoi Kusama’s soft phalluses…it may well create outrage.” Be careful what you wish for. – Sydney Morning Herald