Does it seem to you, as it does to me, that lately there have been a lot of news stories about lawsuits over works of art? Or works of “art,” if you prefer?
Just picked up this one, over a Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett. Whether you connect emotionally depends on whether you think Andy Warhol was a great artist and whether you think Farrah Fawcett was … Oh, never mind, it’s a lawsuit, with a small heap of once famous names dragged out of our not particularly resonant past: Andy Warhol. Farrah Fawcett. Ryan O’Neal. Malibu beach house. Hey. WASHINGTON: The case of Farrah Fawcett’s Warhol portrait: Call Charlie’s Angels | Culture | McClatchy DC.