Collector Sues David Geffen to Reclaim a Sculpture Worth Millions
An art collector is suing David Geffen for the return of a valuable Giacometti sculpture that the collector says was sold without his knowledge by his art adviser as part…
That Art Piece on Your Coffee Table? It’ll Get You High.
A ceramic dragon fruit sliced down the middle with speckled seeds inside a fruit bowl. A clear crystal ball on a bookshelf. A decorative purple glass staircase on a coffee…
‘Googly Eye Bandit’ in Oregon Comes Forward
Last month, googly eyes appeared on pieces of public art throughout Bend, Ore. Drivers would rubberneck, befuddled and amused by statues of deer and other sculptures that had been given…
An Ancient Headless Statue Is Found Amid Trash in Greece
On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a plastic bag among…
Decades Ago, Students Attacked the ‘Iron Horse.’ Now It Rides Again.
The most famous beastly sculpture in the college town of Athens, Ga., is — improbably — not a bulldog. It is an 11-foot-tall welded steel horse, an abstract labyrinth of…
Suit Disputes Ruling That a Sculpture Is Too Broken to Still Be a ‘Calder’
The foundation is the accepted authority on Calder artworks, and the lawsuit says that without its imprimatur an artwork’s value is diminished. When Mr. Brodie tried again a year later…