Giant artwork of buildings having sex too graphic for outside Louvre, going to Pompidou instead

The Louvre in Paris decided that the "Domestikator," the 40-foot-tall installation by Atelier Van Lieshout seen above, wasn't the right fit for the adjacent Tuileries Gardens. The plan was to show it during this month's Fiac! International Contemporary Art Fair.

Online commentaries point out this work has a brutal aspect, wrote the Louvres director, Jean-Luc Martinez Martinez, in a letter to fair organizers. It risks being misunderstood by visitors to the gardens.

The Louvre was also reportedly concerned that the sculpture would be too close to a children's playground in the Tuileries Garden.

The new plan is that "Domestikator' will be situated in front of the Centre Pompidou that houses the Muse National d'Art Moderne.

To have this major piece in front of the Pompidou is a victory, Julien Lombrail, director of the London-based gallery Carpenters Workshop, which represents Atelier Van Lieshout, told the New York Times. Its an incredible moment for Paris and the public, when we have so many issues surrounding art and censorship. Its important for us to engage for the future.