Artists Need to Protect Their Work from Theft

In the "Selected Collections" of his resume, Irvine, California artist Jeffrey Frisch lists a variety of private buyers of his work and one "Anonymous Thief," referring to the person who stole one of his sculptures from an exhibition. That's putting a good face on the fact that the $500 artwork was uninsured, so all that remains for him is a laugh. Purchasing insurance for one's own artwork tends to be an investment few artists make. It is not at all unusual that an artist will take out a busine...