Yale to Move Claes Oldenburg Lipstick Sculpture After Vandalism

Yale to Move Claes Oldenburg Lipstick Sculpture After Vandalism

Yale University's decision to move a beloved Claes Oldenburg sculpture to a different location on campus has sparked a lot of strong feelings about staying true to the late alum artist's intentions this week. When letters were found etched on the surface of Oldenburg's “Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks” (1969) last month, the university announced that after 50 years in the Morse College courtyard, the public work would be moved to the …

Yale Relocates Famed Claes Oldenburg ‘Lipstick’ Sculpture after Vandalism

After it was vandalized, Claes Oldenburg’s beloved 1969 sculpture Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks will be relocated by Yale University from a public courtyard to the Yale University Art Gallery. The Yale Daily News, the school’s student-run newspaper, first reported on the removal this week. The sculpture, which is typically viewable in front of the Yale-run Morse College, was reportedly vandalized in October. Officials with the sch…