Thimble art starts to measure up A giant bronze thimble and two concrete buttons: As works of art go, Stephen Cruise’s Uniform Measure/Stack seems pretty well indestructible. But when you leave art in the open, anything can happen. That’s what Mr. Cruise has learned as his public art piece at Spadina and Richmond has received a long-overdue finishing touch — and an unauthorized addition in bright red paint. … But then Victor Fraser came along in September to add his contribution: a 25-metre tape measure, painted on the sidewalk in bright red, that snakes around the street corner. Most passerby assume it’s an official part of the piece and was added along with the trees — but in fact, the paint job is the unsanctioned work of the Toronto sidewalk artist, who signs his paintings “VicTor.”