A band performed on top of forklifts that followed behind an animatronic one of these animals in Liverpool to mark its status as 2008’s European Capital of Culture. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these animals exemplified by La Machine’s La Princesse. In 2025, the Tate Modern celebrated its 25th anniversary by installing a large stainless steel sculpture of one of these animals in Turbine Hall.
ANSWER: spiders [prompt on arachnids]
[10e] A spider is depicted in Louise Bourgeois’s Maman, a version of which stands outside a museum of this name in Bilbao. A New York museum of this name displays art around a spiral ramp designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
ANSWER: Guggenheim Museum [or Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; accept Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]
[10m] The version of Maman at the Guggenheim Bilbao is made of this material. Michelangelo’s Dying Slave inspired an 1877 sculpture in this material that was so lifelike, its artist was accused of casting a live model.
ANSWER: bronze [accept The Age of Bronze or L’age d’airain; prompt on metal]
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