Copyright or wrong?
I’m sure I’ve used that headline before. Actually, I know I have. But it’s too good to resist. Besides which – it was two years ago,…
Prince and Gagosian up the creek without a paddle, part 2
A small addenda to yesterday’s post about the finding against Richard Prince and Gagosian Gallery. Patrick Cariou, who successfully challenged Prince for infringing his rights as…
Richard Prince and Gagosian up the canal without a paddle: copyright or wrong?
In a ruling that should strike fear into the collective heart of artists worldwide, Richard Prince and Gagosian Galleries have failed in their defence of the…
Is it right to copy? Visual artists and copyright.
I’m not going to go over the well-trodden ground that is the appropriation debate, covered here and here. But I am going to throw this one into…
Nothing new under the sun: lessons in appropriation 101
Ever since Marcel Duchamp signed a (thankfully, factory-fresh) urinal ‘R.Mutt’ and presented it at the 1917 Society of Independent Artists’ exhibition in New York (illustrated at…
Does Sam Leach’s Wynne prize entry suck? The art of appropriation.
Well, yet again we find ourselves in the midst of a full-blown Australian art prize pickle. Not since Bill Dobell caused a fracas with his Archibald…
Art matters 