Unconditional surrender
The monumental statue Unconditional Surrender by US artist Seward Johnson, at Caen. The statue, inspired by the famous photograph made by US photographer Alfred Eisensteadt in New York’s Times Square in 1945 at the end of WW II, has been creating controversy since it appeared that the kiss might have been the result of a forceful action, and the French feminist association “Osez le feminism” (Dare Feminism), considering it as the representation of a sexual assault, denounced it as an inappropriate symbol for freedom and launched a petition for the statue to be removed. Photo: AFP/ Damien Meyer

Finding the fake
Dr Killian Anheuser, head scientist at the Fine Arts Experts Institute, analyses a bold-coloured painting in Geneva purportedly by French master Fernand Leger, searching for signs of forgery. 
PHOTO: AFP/ RICHARD JUILLIART

Spirou special
A figurine of cartoon character “Spirou” in the Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinee in Brussels. The museum, one of the largest worldwide dedicated to comic strip art, marks its 25th anniversary with a series of special exhibitions and happenings. PHOTO: AFP/ EMMANUEL DUNAND