"Cattelan will then choose some callers to take part in a livestreamed event on 23 April, in which he will play the part of the priest and absolve callers from their sins."
"Far from intending to insult the papacy with his 1999 work, he said he had been interested in showing fragility."
"Cattelan is known for creating blunt, almost cartoonish pieces from a functional gold toilet installed at the Guggenheim in 2016 called America."
Maurizio Cattelan has launched a hotline for confessing sins, coinciding with the 21st anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death. He offers miniatures of his controversial sculpture, La Nona Ora, which depicts the Pope being struck by a meteorite. Cattelan will select callers for a livestreamed event on April 23, where he will act as a priest and provide symbolic absolution. He emphasizes that this is not a religious act but a shared gesture, reflecting on the fragility of authority and the nature of confession beyond religion.
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