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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Asia Pacific World Search Search: Heir takes Versailles to court over Koons exhibit AFP - 1 hour 28 minutes ago PARIS (AFP) - - A French heir of Louis XIV has taken the current management of his ancestor's palace to court to ban an exhibition by modern US artist Jeff Koons that he feels dishonours his family's illustrious past. Since September, half-a-million non-aristocrats have visited the Palace of Versailles to see several of Koons' major works displayed amid the former royal family's formal gardens and magnificent galleries. His playful pop art -- including a giant topiary puppy's head, an inflatable lobster and a figurine of Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles -- has proven so popular that the show has been extended until January 4. But Prince Charles-Emmanuel de Bourbon-Parme is not amused. On Wednesday, judges at Versailles' administrative court were examining his request for an emergency injunction to halt the show, which his suit brands "a desecration and an attack on the respect due to the dead." His complaint cites what he terms "right immemorial" of all mankind to see its forefathers respected and to have a "right of access to their heritage without pornographic restraint." Koons, who was once married to renowned Italian porn actress La Cicciolina, has in the past courted controversy with explicit works on the theme of lust, but none of these is on display in Versailles. For its part, the museum has denounced the lawsuit as redolent of an earlier era when great art like Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary or Charles Baudelaire's poems were denounced for outraging public decency. France's royals have had no constitutional role since the 1789 Revolution, but certain historic families still affect noble titles. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Entertainment & Lifestyle DJ AM files lawsuit in South Carolina plane crashAP - 21 minutes ago Christmastime is Nazi time at the movie theaterAP - 50 minutes ago Heir takes Versailles to court over Koons exhibitAFP - 1 hour 28 minutes ago Lance Armstrong expecting baby with girlfriendAP - Thursday, December 25 Capsule reviews of `Valkyrie' and other filmsAP - Thursday, December 25 Enlarge Photo Picture taken in September 2008 in the Hercules salon in the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris, shows "Balloon Dog", a sculpture by modern US artist Jeff Koons. A French heir of Louis XIV has taken the current management of his ancestor's palace at Versailles to court to ban the exhibition by Koons that he feels dishonours his family's illustrious past. Most Popular – Entertainment Viewed US economy shrinks as IMF warns of Great Depression Housing market feels more pain, bottom not yet in sight French investor takes life after massive losses in Madoff scandal Quake zone hero pig named China's animal of the year Actress Jennifer Aniston appears naked in GQ magazine View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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