Saturday, January 12, 2013

Richard Serra, the Met, and Collectors Eli and Edythe Broad

Under the federal Visual Artists Rights Act, artists can disclaim their work if it has been damaged.  Does that "moral right" conflict with art history? 

Consider the case of Richard Serra in my article in The Art Newspaper, which discusses a work owned by Los Angeles collectors Eli and Edythe Broad that was displayed by the Met.

Text (c) Copyright 2013 Laura Gilbert.