Middle Finger By Maurizio Cattelan, Milan, Italy

Cattelan has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including in Manifesta 2, 1998, Luxembourg, Melbourne International Biennial 1999 "Signs live", 2004 Whitney Biennal in New York, “Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art” at the Royal Academy Art in London, “Partners” at Haus der Kunst in Munich, “Home is Where the Heart Is” at Museum van Loon in Amsterdam and the 2004 Seville International Biennale . In 2004 Cattelan exhibited the controversial sculpture Untitled featuring 3 hanging kids for the Nicola Trussardi Foundation. He is represented by Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris, Massimo de Carlo in Milan and Marian Goodman Gallery in New York .
Maurizio Cattelan along with long-term collaborators Ali Subotnick and Massimiliano Gioni, curated the 2006 Berlin Biennale , ran the Wrong Gallery , a glass door in New York attracting many highly accomplished artists to exhibit and published Charley: an occasional slightly satirical arts journal. He frequently submitted articles to international publications such as Flash Art .