In Pictures: Artists as gnomes

Bourgeois sitting on mushrooms having tea with a spider

A quirky new exhibition, which imagines iconic 20th Century artists as garden gnomes, is on display on the roof of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice, France. US artist Elliot Arkin's A Peaceable Kingdom sees French sculptor Louise Bourgeois taking tea with a spider - a reference to her famous work which was shown in front of the Tate Modern in London.

O’Keeffe planting flowers (left) and Van Gogh à la Millet, seed-sower

American artist Georgia O'Keeffe was known for her paintings of buildings and enlarged flowers, seen close up as if from through a magnifying lens. Vincent van Gogh - whose Sunflowers series of paintings are among the most valuable in the world - is portrayed as sowing flower seeds.

Picasso mowing

A casually-attired Pablo Picasso mows the lawn in the exhibit, which suggests artists are caretakers of space - planting ideas and "doing the work that shapes our world".

Warhol pool boy watering

Pop artist Andy Warhol, clad only in a pair of trunks and trainers, stands on top of a Brillo box in reference to one of his pieces as he fills a paddling pool with water. The exhibition is on show until 27 October.