Art Makes MP's Furious

Gilbert and George are the finest dressed, and quite possibly most courteous, artists in London. But their new series of works is anything but polite. Even before going on display today at London's White Cube gallery, the 21 new artworks - collectively titled Sonofagod Pictures: Was Jesus Heterosexual? - have aroused the fury of the Tory MP Ann Widdecombe, who has called them "blasphemous in the extreme, as they will find out when finally they stand before the Son of God". But the Bishop of Stepney, according to George, has been "very polite and very nice, and requested a studio visit". For the full story - click the title Irish Art