Race to save Cornelia Parker’s Met sculpture

Time is running out to save a large sculpture by the UK artist Cornelia Parker from ending up in a New York skip. Parkers Transitional Object (PsychoBarn), which the Metropolitan Museum of Art commissioned earlier this year as a temporary, site-specific piece for its roof, has only weeks to find a permanent home, despite being offered as a gift to several US institutions. It closes on Halloweenso appropriate. I think it will be taken down on 12 November, Parker says. We have had people interest