In 1960, the first “Bauhaus” home improvement store opened near Mannheim, Germany. With nearly 190 stores in countries around Europe, for many people, this is the first encounter they have with “Bauhaus.” Unfortunately, it has little in common with Gropius’ movement in design, the arts… Read More
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is internationally renowned for its collection of art, which was amassed substantially by two men, William and Henry Walters, and eventually bequeathed to the City of Baltimore. The collection presents an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt… Read More
Singer’s art noted for striking resemblance to photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dmitri Kessel and Léon Busy Sean Michaels reports for The Guardian: “When it comes to painting, Bob Dylan may not be such an original. The 70-year-old singer has been accused of replicating several famous… Read More
“The origin of copyright law takes us back to the 1710 and Queen Anne, the Monarch who had just overseen the Unification of England and Scotland into then, brand-new Great Britain. Also on her busy schedule was the Statute of Anne: the very first copyright… Read More
Noam Galai’s photography was stolen hundreds of times for years without his knowledge. This is his story. Noam Galai: “About two years after publishing photos of myself screaming on Flickr, I discovered that my face was ‘for sale’ in several stores around the world, as… Read More
Fair copy: Titian’s Flaying of Marsyas, about 1575, and Giulio Romano’s drawing, a possible source The Art Newspaper: “In the first decade of the 16th century, the most important Italian printmaker of the day, Marcantonio Raimondi, produced what were to all intents and purposes engraved… Read More
Boing Boing: “Lawyers representing Jeff Koons, the pop artist known for remixing common objects and other peoples’ art, have demanded that San Francisco’s Park Life stop selling book-ends that look like balloon dogs. Koons’s lawyers argue that since Koons once produced a set of iconic… Read More
More at the blog about the web video series Everything Is a Remix.
The best video we have seen this week here at ikono labs! And we have seen a lot of videos this week. YouTube: “Our second “Minute Meme,” illustrating how all creative work builds on what came before. Photographed and animated by Nina Paley. Music by… Read More
The Associated Press: “YouTube and France’s leading music industry group have announced a deal that makes sure musical artists get paid when their videos are seen on the online video sharing site. YouTube and the French industry group SACEM say in a joint statement the… Read More
