#6: The Brouhaha [Brancusi v. United States] 

Is Constantin Brâncuși's "Bird in Space" a masterpiece, or just a hunk of polished bronze? Incredibly, this turned out to be a question for the courts!
Key sources for this episode include Stephanie Giry's "An Odd Bird"; Emily Lanza's "Bird in Space: Is it a bird or is it art?"; and Tamara Mann's "The Brouhaha: When the Bird Became Art and Art Became Anything."
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