Artist Sues Hotel Over Bedbugs, Splatters, Pornography

An artist has sued San Diego's US Grant Hotel, claiming his artwork has seen some unspeakable things while being displayed there.   (Wikimedia Commons/Annie Liu)

Imagine the disgusting and depraved things a hotel headboard sees over the years. Now imagine that hotel headboard is actually part of a multi-million-dollar art collection. Consumerist reports that's the gist of a lawsuit filed this week by French painter Yves Clement. Back in 2005, Clement created hundreds of pieces of art to be displayed around the US Grant Hotel in San Diego. Some of the art was integrated into furniture for the rooms, including headboards. 

The hotel, which is owned by Marriott, leases the artwork from Clement and renewed its lease of the art for another decade in 2015. Clement says their contract requires the hotel to return any damaged artwork to him. But the lawsuit states that's not what happened.

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