Immersion (Piss Christ) Wiki A 1987 photograph by the American artist and photographer Andres Serrano. It depicts a small plastic crucifix submerged in a small glass tank of the artist’s urine. The piece was a winner of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art’s “Awards in the Visual Arts” competition,[1] which was sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, a United States Government agency that offers support and funding for artistic projects.
The Vatican recently opened a contemporary art wing and this artist was invited (he was apparently as surprised as anyone)
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pope-francis-artists-andres-serrano-vatican-2328251