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Tusk tusk: couple gets a hard time over animal instincts atop Miami sculpture

Sex on the beach is the elephant in the room in Miami, where a couple has given a new meaning to public art

The Art Newspaper
3 December 2024
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A couple were caught making the beast with two backs on a sculpture from The Great Elephant Migration (2024) on Miami Beach

Liliana Mora

A couple were caught making the beast with two backs on a sculpture from The Great Elephant Migration (2024) on Miami Beach

Liliana Mora

A couple was caught having loud sex atop a large elephant sculpture on Miami Beach last week, in the run up to Art Basel. According to Page Six, a security guard found the amorous pair after hearing “strange noises” coming from The Great Elephant Migration—a touring public project consisting of 100 life-size sculptures that officially opened to the public on 2 December near 36th Street Park.

“Apparently, he saw a couple on top of one of the big elephants!” a source told Page Six. “We do not know how they got up there.” The guard simply asked them to leave, but the elephant will never forget.

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