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| headstone in 2003, photo by Steve Adams |
Recently in the New York Times, we read an
article about Oscar Wilde's grave in Pére Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. During our visit in October, 2011, we noticed that Wilde's grave was shrouded in plastic, and appeared to be undergoing renovation. We have since learned that the renovation in question includes the installation of a large plate glass box surrounding the headstone, which has been cleaned of all the lipstick kisses. Apparently Wilde's descendents feel that the marks left by fans are acts of vandalism rather than expressions of admiration.
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Tomas van Houtryve for The New York Times, 2011 |
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