Dale sues, Uli pursues, and Peter says woohoo

Dale Chihuly has sued two glass blowers, including a longtime collaborator, for copyright infringement, accusing them of imitating his signature lopsided creations, and other designs inspired by the sea. The suit, rare in art circles, offers a sometimes unflattering glimpse at how high-powered commercial artists like Mr. Chihuly work. The two glass blowers say that he has very little to do with much of the art, and that he sometimes buys objects and puts the Chihuly name on them, a contention that Mr. Chihuly strongly denies.

Swiss businessman Uli Sigg has amassed the world's most comprehensive collection of Chinese contemporary art. "...in the 1990s I realized nobody was systematically collecting Chinese contemporary art, either in China or outside - not institutions, not individuals. So I decided to create a documentation to mirror Chinese art production."

On Slate, Peter Brooks thinks he may have spotted the first penis to be displayed in the New York Times, in Michael Kimmelman's review of the Girodet show currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum.