Park Wildflowers Were Public Art, Chicago Judge Says

“Artist Chapman Kelley insisted the wildflowers he planted in Grant Park was not a garden but a federally protected work of art — a belief supported by a judge Wednesday. … Kelley’s attorney, Frank Hernandez of Dallas, said the case is believed to be the first time an artist using ‘alternative materials’ has successfully sued under the Federal Visual Artists Rights Act (VERA), passed in 1990 to protect public art and its creators.”