Hirst’s sheep seeps onto floor

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art evacuated its new building, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, for about an hour last week when one of the artworks, Damien Hirst’s “Away From the Flock,” sprang a leak.

The British artist made the piece in 1994 by immersing an embalmed lamb in a glass and steel case filled with formaldehyde and water. A change of barometric pressure Thursday apparently caused the water to rise and seep out of the container, a museum spokeswoman said.

When a drop of water about the size of a quarter was discovered on the floor, visitors were ushered out and a conservator came to the rescue, resealing the case to prevent further leakage.

-- Suzanne Muchnic