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What does Warhol “fair use” ruling mean for artists and copyrights?

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Daniel Shin
Apr 9, 2021
Art critic and Warhol biographer Blake Gopnik fears the decision will have a profound effect on "appropriation art."
Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph, left, and Andy Warhol’s portrait of Prince, as reproduced in court documents.
Courtesy of the U.S. District Court
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Why are people spending so much money on NFTs?

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Mar 3, 2021
Jamie Wilde from Morning Brew explains how nonfungible tokens work.
A video clip of LeBron James sold for more than $200,000 as an NFT.
Harry How/Getty Images
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Making art more affordable with lessons from '60s-era Multiples, Inc.

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson , Rose Conlon and Alex Schroeder
Jan 12, 2021
The idea is that more copies of a given work makes art more accessible to a wider range of people with varying incomes.
Tacita Dean, a British artist, pictured here in 2018. Dean has created 50 different multiples, each remade 100 times, during the pandemic.
Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Royal Academy of Arts
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2020, the year of the pandemic, and pandemic hobbies

by Alli Fam and Kimberly Adams
Dec 30, 2020
To fill unexpected free time or to cope with stress, people have picked up hobbies: sculpting action figures and DJing socially distanced parties are just a few.
After getting furloughed from his job, Miles McAlpin has been creating custom action figures.
Courtesy of Miles McAlpin
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Decline in art sales could actually be good for the industry, critic says

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Rose Conlon
Dec 30, 2020
Critic and author Blake Gopnik says the market slowdown could help to bring back an appreciation of art for art's sake.
Blake Gopnik calls galleries safe places to contemplate art, contrasting them with the more sales-driven and crowded art fairs. "No one is lamenting the death of the art fair," he says.
Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Barbican Art Gallery
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Artist turns thousands of plastic bags into Times Square public art project

by Marisa Mazria Katz
Oct 26, 2020
The pop-up "store" is filled with handcrafted items made from single-use plastic bags.
Artist Robin Frohardt stands outside her Times Square immersive art exhibit, "The Plastic Bag Store."
Maria Baranova/Courtesy of Times Square Arts
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How a stained glass business is holding up in a shaky economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Jul 9, 2020
A family business that's endured for five generations figures out new ways to stay relevant.
Stained glass artwork hangs at Judson Studios in South Pasadena, California.
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How one artist expanded her role during the pandemic and protests

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 6, 2020
Multimedia artist Atiya Jones says she makes art about “small, accumulative actions.” But the form of that art has changed during COVID-19.
A self-portrait of multimedia artist Atiya Jones, who started making and selling masks during the pandemic.
Courtesy of Atiya Jones
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Iraqi youth use art to protest

by Szu Ping Chan
Nov 19, 2019
Anti-government protests in Iraq began this October amid high unemployment and anger about corruption and poor public services.
Israa Saadi al Jabouri's painting of a violin in Baghdad, Iraq.
Israa Saadi al Jabouri
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The barter economy behind major art museums

by Bennett Purser and Kai Ryssdal
Oct 28, 2019
The Louvre spent 10 years negotiating with other museums to mount the largest Leonardo da Vinci exhibit ever. Here's a look inside the process.
People take pictures of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Virgin and Child With Saint Anne" at the opening of the Louvre's exhibition in Paris on Oct. 22.
Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images
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