“I think that’s the allure of our jewelry — the fact that it is our history and it is our heritage,” said Dameron, the creative force behind Beckley-based West Virginia Coal...
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It’s been five years since Delurk Gallery opened in the subterranean storefront previously occupied by Urban Artware. Operated by the Delurk Collective, a far-flung but locally centered group...
Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch LLC faces a lawsuit over a picture of a woman wearing a false mustache and downing a beer that was featured on posters and coasters in its “Every Natty Has a...
As usual, Canada is one of the prospective "watch list" candidates for the US Trade Representative’s annual list of countries with ‘failing’ intellectiual property...
I recently received an email that is reflective of a number of comments and questions I’ve seen on our social media pages and in other emails. Many artists have wondered what my thoughts are...
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland, 1982. ©HIROSHI SUGIMOTO/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO From George Inness, who “translates just the light and feeling of a fixed...
Dover artist is the only representative of Kent County to receive a statewide grant. By Andre Lamar; [email protected]; @302DoAndre; (302) 346-5438 Arden Bardol and super-villain Darth Vader...
Installation view of “Johan Grimonprez: | blue orchids |,” 2017, at Sean Kelly, New York. JASON WYCHE, NEW YORK/COURTESY SEAN KELLY, NEW YORK The question, possibly of the century: How...
A striking image from graphic artist Sho Murase SEATTLE – When six of the seven founders took the Emerald City Comicon stage Friday for Image Comics’ 25 th anniversary panel, there was...
RARBG, one of the world’s most popular torrent sites, has just received a pile of paperwork from major rightsholders including Village Roadshow, Disney, Universal and Warner. A letter sent from...
Manuel Franquelo’s Things in a Room (Untitled #1), 2013–14, on offer at Michael Hoppen Gallery’s booth. MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN/ARTNEWS Don’t be surprised to be...
Luke Butler, The End XVI (2016). Image courtesy Jessica Silverman. I went to the Armory Show 2017 determined to spot trends. That’s an honorable way to use this kind of experience, I feel: as a...
How to find freedom with less…and be happier with less More Americans than ever are living paycheck to paycheck, slaves to mortgages, auto loans, student loans, and credit card debt. Rather...
Deitch at the entrance of his booth. KATHERINE MCMAHON/ARTNEWS The outside of New York dealer Jeffrey Deitch’s booth at the Armory Show is bright lime green, glorious cellophane curtains are...
Installation view of Helly Nahmad’s booth at Frieze Masters, 2015. Photo by Benjamin Westoby for Artsy. To some, art fairs bring together all the worst features of the art world—brazen...
Laguna Tattoo’s art master. Before Fabian Iezzi even embarked on his 20-year tattooing career, he was already more qualified than many of the artists in the tattoo industry today...
Earlier this week, we investigated the story of French collage artist Mr. Garcin , whose artwork has graced the covers of several Marvel comics, and TeeChip, the popup tee-shirt flash sale website...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The Cartoon Art Museum will celebrate Will Eisner Week with “Will Eisner and Jack Kirby: A Centennial Celebration” on Saturday, March 11, 2017 from 3:00-5:00pm...
Caption (Photo provided) A pair of art majors from Northern Illinois University are featured in the 2017 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The show...
Recently a few things came up that makes me ask if or when does the idea of copying someone else’s photo go too far, or is it just a form of flattery derived from a source of inspiration via...
Like most entrepreneurs, I wasn’t CEO of my first startup. While I had a fair share of the company, I owned far less than the CEO who, in addition to having had the concept, also initially...
Whether you’re just starting out as a freelance illustrator or graphic designer or you’ve been doing it for decades, one thing never changes – someone always wants you to work for...
Installation view of ‘Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Roni Horn’ at Andrea Rosen Gallery in 2005. COURTESY ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY Over the past two years, the commercial art world in New York has...
The New Zealand High Court today ruled that Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the US, but it won’t be on copyright grounds. After months of deliberation, Justice Murray Gilbert agreed with the US...
Adrian Ghenie, Rest During the Flight Into Egypt, 2016, oil on canvas. ©ADRIAN GHENIE/COURTESY PACE GALLERY The large and small works in Adrian Ghenie’s “Recent Paintings” show...
McDougall-NLR Law Firm SEO Webinar, March 14, 2017, 3pm EDT In January 2017, the Italian football club Juventus unveiled a new club crest. The familiar silhouette of a charging bull against the...
Time could march on in the battle over Timeless the TV series even though a federal judge ruled today rejected a move by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television NBCUniversal , Shawn...
In speaking with a number of artists who have built financially successful careers, I have observed that many of them have stabilized and strengthened their art business by creating a line of work...
Alan Braddock, Ralph H. Wark Associate Professor of Art History & American Studies at William & Mary. Courtesy photo In his previous teaching position at Temple University, Alan Braddock had...
When Google Books digitized 40 years worth of copyrighted and out-of-copyright issues of Baseball Digest magazine, Wikipedia editors realized they had scored. Suddenly they had access to pages and...
Season two premieres this Thursday, February 16 and will air new episodes weekly until the season finale on Thursday, April 20. [via press release from Crackle] CRACKLE RELEASES FIRST LOOK CLIP AND...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its entire collection of art in the public domain — more than 375,000 images — available to the public under Creative Commons Zero . The...
My colleague Sam Bray, who is one of the nation’s leading remedies experts, and also someone whose judgment I very much trust, passes along this note highly recommending Prof. Tomas...
Max Beckmann, Paris Society, 1925/1931/1947, oil on canvas, 43 x 69⅛ inches. SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Max Beckmann in New York,”...
from the unfortunate-necessities dept The ongoing digitization of the vast wealth of material sitting in museums and archives around the world is one of the greatest projects of the digital age...
Germany’s government has sued a newspaper alliance for publishing confidential documents. One paper’s editorial team was accused of copyright infringement. Arne Semsrott calls it an...
Considering the competing interests of access to laws and copyright protection, a federal court has come down, in this instance, in favor of copyright protection. Despite efforts of some...
August Sander, The Painter Otto Dix and His Wife Martha, 1925/26, gelatin silver print. ©DIE PHOTOGRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG/SK STIFTUNG KULTUR – AUGUST SANDER ARCHIV, COLOGNE, AND ARTISTS RIGHTS...
Whenever Kampire Bahana, a Ugandan writer and DJ, walks into a salon the experience is the same. “They ask me what I’ve been doing with my hair, and no matter whether my hair is in braids or...
A pair of art majors from Northern Illinois University are featured in the 2017 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry , Chicago. The show is the nation’s...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Each year at the Oscars , we honor the brightest stars of the entertainment industry; directors, screenwriters, visual artists, composers and actors...
Everyone should be able to read the law, discuss it, and share it with others, without having to pay a toll or sign a contract. Seems obvious, right? Unfortunately, a federal district court has said...
After Thursday’s new court filing, many are wondering whether former Baylor head coach Art Briles will ever coach at the collegiate level again. Thursday, in a court filing for a lawsuit...
Installation view of Dan Walsh’s 2017 solo exhibition, at Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. ©DAN WALSH/COURTESY PAULA COOPER GALLERY, NEW YORK For patterns with origins in gestures so simple...
Ashton. “I am a proud philistine,” Dore wrote on a small piece of paper she gave me at her home in New York. It was one of those evenings we used to spend together discussing literature...
The second edition of the 1:53 Contemporary African Art Fair. ©KATRINA SORRENTINO The organizers of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair announced today its list of participating exhibitors...
Artist Kyle Downs drew inspiration from gymnasts’ form to create his sculptural rendition of a pommel horse at ROY G BIV gallery. Credit: Courtesy of Kyle Downs. Local artist Kyle Downs found...
I was pleased to attend last week in Geneva “ Building an Art Market for the Future—Guidelines for Countering Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Threats ” hosted by the...
Left: Yayoi Kusama, The Castle, 1954; Right: Louise Bourgeois, Spider, 1994. Images courtesy of Sotheby’s. Recent institutional interest in female artists may be having a knock-on effect on the...
I’ve been really into Spartan culture lately. I’m impressed with their physical fortitude, their obedience and duty to the state and their frugal lifestyle, and I find myself wondering...
Weathervane by Frank Adams. New exhibit at museum opens Thursday and runs through February. Mark Lovewell Jimmy and Roberta Morgan’s house in Chilmark is filled with art — much of it...
MANHATTAN (CN) – “The Light Between Oceans” barely flickered at the box office, but an American writer says the film and the book on which it was based ripped off his original...
As an artist in the digital age, chances are you have to write emails on a regular basis. You might have to use email to approach galleries, maintain current gallery relationships, touch base with...
Starting this week, Stash Pot Shop of Seattle is Lux Pot Shop of Seattle. Why? Legal threats from Stash Tea Co. of Tigard prompted the Washington recreational marijuana retailer to make the switch...
Q. With all of the excitement surrounding the Texans getting into the playoffs, I notice some people are getting a Texans logo tattoo. Does the tattoo artist need to be licensed by the Texans to do...
Installation shot of ‘An Uncanny Likeness’ at Simon Lee Gallery, new York. COURTESY SIMON LEE The New York outpost of Simon Lee Gallery, which opens its inaugural show tonight, is in...
Senior Brooke York is one of the key pieces to the Broken Arrow swim team. York’s passion out of the pool are the pieces she creates through art. SUBMITTED PHOTO When: 5:30 p.m., Thursday...
Taxpayers Union founder Jordan Williams was also named in the lawsuit by Colin Craig. Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has served notice of his intent to appeal a judge’s decision...
Julian Schnabel photographed in Paris, France on October 20, 2016. “Julian Schnabel: Plate Paintings 1978–86” is on view at Aspen Art Museum until February 19, 2017...
Marketing art ft image It’s not easy for an artist to get their name out there. The idea of being a marketer often clashes directly with how artists view themselves, and sometimes gets...