Photo by dalbera, courtesy flickr

Jeff Koons's "New Hoover Convertibles Green, Green, Red, New Hoover Deluxe Shampoo Polishers, New Shelton Wet/Dry 5-Gallon Displaced Tripledecker" (1981–87) at the Château de Versailles

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De Bourbon-Parme argued in the administrative court of the district of Versailles last week that the Koons exhibition was a profanation of the life of his royal forefather and that it undermined basic human freedoms, most notably the respect due to the dead. A judge rejected the complaint, saying, "The existence of a right to live without the profanation of one’s ancestors and of a right to access knowledge of heritage without pornographic constraints does not constitute a fundamental freedom."

De Bourbon-Parme announced that he would keep fighting and take his case to the Conseil d'Etat (the Council of State), the highest administrative jurisdiction in France; however, the Koons show has already closed, as scheduled on January 4.