After the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida, complied with a safety code inspector's order to remove several collections of automotive and construction debris from its grounds, artist-in-residence Marc Leviton, who created the "kinetic sculpture," sued the center under the federal Visual Artists' Rights Act for destroying his work. But since the law protects only the work of "recognized" artists, the center claims it does not cover the relatively unknown Leviton, and a jury is set to decide the validity of his artistic license.

[Ed.: Leviton received a settlement of $25,000, then moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he reported: "I am in the process of revamping my [artistic] ideas after a long healing period."]

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