Franko B creates sculpture to highlight Syrian refugees’ plight

Move over, Ai Weiwei: an under-the-radar exhibition at the Freud Museum in London (until 16 July) draws attention to the plight of Middle Eastern refugees. The Milan-born conceptual artist Franko B has created a sculpture of a dead child refugee presumed to be from Syria; the arresting piece, titled Sleeping Beauty (2016), is hand-carved in marble, using traditional methods in the style of the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Everyone is a refugee, including those who are on the frin