‘Shark Toof’

LOS ANGELES — The city of Los Angeles and other defendants secured the partial dismissal of federal claims by artist David Lew that his art in an exhibit at the Chinese American Museum was “removed and unlawfully trashed” without notice. The artist, also known as “Shark Toof,” failed to timely file his state law claims and his California Art Preservation Act claims are preempted by the Visual Artists Rights Act.