> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Art Movements - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-67/ - Published: 2014-10-04T00:22:55.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:43:56.000Z - Description: This week in art news: Changes to the UK's copyright law were implemented, a new Banksy mural was branded "racist", and Christie's introduced a new commission into its contracts. - Author: Tiernan Morgan - Tags: News, Art Movements, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:03 (2014, 2015, part 1) ![A spread from MIriam Elia's "We Go to the Gallery" (courtesy the artist). Elia, whose satire of Penguin's Ladybird series landed her in a legal dispute with the publisher, described changes to the UK's copyright law as "a great leap forward for the art of satire."](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/10/press4.jpg) A spread from MIriam Elia’s “We Go to the Gallery” (courtesy the artist). Elia, whose parody of Penguin’s ‘Ladybird’ series landed her in a legal dispute with the publisher, described new changes to the UK’s copyright law as “a great leap forward for the art of satire.” *Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.* [**The Asia Contemporary Art Show opened yesterday, despite the ongoing democracy protests in Hong Kong**](https://twitter.com/KellyCrowWSJ/status/516939221807153152?ref=hyperallergic.com). [**Christie’s has implemented a new commission into its contracts with consignors**](http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Christies-takes-another-/35708?ref=hyperallergic.com). Any work of art that meets or exceeds its high estimate will now require an additional 2% charge on top of the hammer price. [**Changes to UK copyright law went into effect on October 1st**](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29408121?ref=hyperallergic.com). A new European directive has expanded the legal use of parody and satire involving copyrighted material. See Hyperallergic’s coverage of the changes [here](https://hyperallergic.com/uk-copyright-law-gets-exception-for-parody/). [**Over 400 anthropologists have signed a boycott of Israeli academic institutions**](http://anthroboycott.wordpress.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com). Robin Grearson, [**a teacher formally employed by 3rd Ward, calculated that the defunct Brooklyn arts space owes over $70,000 to former students, members, and teachers**](http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/10/3rd%5Fward%5Fstill%5Fowes%5Fmore%5Fthan%5F70573%5Fto%5Fteachers%5Fstudents%5Fand%5Fmembers.php?ref=hyperallergic.com). Grearson told the *Village Voice* that a number of the individuals she has spoken to are considering joint legal action. [**German graffiti artist Walter Josef Fischer, aka ‘Oz’, died after being struck by a subway train in Hamburg**](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/26/german-graffiti-artist-walter-josef-fischer-oz-killed-hamburg-subway-train?ref=hyperallergic.com). According to the *Guardian*, Oz is estimated to have sprayed over 120,000 tags. [***The Art Newspaper* was acquired by Russian collector and entrepreneur, Inna Bazhenova**](http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Russian-engineering-entrepreneur-buys-The-Art-Newspaper/35722?ref=hyperallergic.com). See Hyperallergic’s coverage [here](https://hyperallergic.com/the-art-newspaper-sold-to-russian-collector/). [**The U.S. Holocaust Memorial will reverse its ban on photography later this Fall**](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/us-holocaust-memorial-museum-adopts-new-rules-to-attract-digital-generation/2014/10/03/a3ce4ef0-3ebb-11e4-9587-5dafd96295f0%5Fstory.html?ref=hyperallergic.com). The policy reversal only applies to the museum’s permanent collection. ![Banksy_Clacton_Upon_Sea](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/10/banksy_clacton_upon_sea.jpg) Banksy’s “immigration” mural, Clapton-Upon-Sea. The work was destroyed after complaints were made that the work was racist (via banksy.co.uk) [**A new Banksy mural satirizing xenophobia was removed after being branded as “racist”**](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-29446232?ref=hyperallergic.com). The mural was erected in Clacton-on-Sea, England, where a by-election is due to take place following a local Conservative MP’s decision to defect to the UK Independence Party (UKIP), known for its right-wing stance on immigration. [**MOCA is offering free entry to their current exhibition, *Andy Warhol: Shadows*, to any visitor who brings along a review of the show and tweets about it**](http://blogs.artinfo.com/lacmonfire/2014/10/01/should-museums-shame-critics/?ref=hyperallergic.com). The move, assumed to be a response to Christopher Knight’s negative review for the [*LA Times*](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-knight-warhol-review-20141002-column.html?ref=hyperallergic.com#page=1), has been described as “belittling” by writer William Poundstone. [**Laura Raicovich was appointed the new president and executive director of the Queens Museum**](http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/artsbeat/2014/10/01/laura-raicovich-to-be-new-president-of-queens-museum/?ref=hyperallergic.com). The post was previously held by Tom Finkelpearl, currently New York City’s cultural affairs commissioner. [**The French government announced that the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, and Versailles Palace are to be open seven days a week**](http://news.yahoo.com/louvre-versailles-musee-dorsay-open-every-day-135611214.html?ref=hyperallergic.com). The new opening hours will be implemented sometime between 2015–2017. [**Jason White, an art dealer based in Ternecula, California was sentenced to a five year prison sentence for cyberstalking**](http://www.artfixdaily.com/news%5Ffeed/2014/10/01/5493-art-dealer-gets-prison-time-for-cyberstalking?ref=hyperallergic.com). White attempted to extort $300,000 from his former employer, Robert Bane, by publishing accusations of fraud and malpractice online. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/10/3644972492_64494af978_o.jpg) Toy figurines of Obelsik (left) and Asterix (right). Albert Uderzo, the character’s co-creator ended a seven year legal dispute with his daughter earlier this week (via Flickr) [**Albert Uderzo, co-creator of cartoon character Astérix the Gaul, resolved a seven year legal dispute with his daughter Sylvie**](http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/26/asterix-illustrator-albert-uderzo-ends-family-feud?ref=hyperallergic.com)**.** Astérix is considered to be the most recognized cartoon character in France. [**German lighting firm Osram has been commissioned to install 7,000 LEDs inside the Sistine Chapel**](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/sistine-chapel-to-sing-with-new-led-lights-designed-to-bring-michelangelos-masterpiece-out-of-the-shadows-9768388.html?ref=hyperallergic.com). The firm claims that their LEDs will minimize damage to Michelangelo’s frescos by employing a specifically designed color spectrum. [**15 paintings, including works by Monet and Michelangelo, were seized from the home of the late dictator, Ferdinand Marcos**](http://news.yahoo.com/philippines-seizes-15-paintings-marcos-family-112054375.html?ref=hyperallergic.com). The Phillippine government’s Presidential Commission on Good Government will look to Sotheby’s and Christie’s to ascertain the authenticity of the works. [**Christina Acidini, the superintendent of Florence’s museums is the subject of an abuse of office investigation by the Italian police**](http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Head-of-Florences-museums-under-investigation/35703?ref=hyperallergic.com). Authorities are also investigating Florence’s former superintendent, Antonio Paolucci, and a former employee of the Florence soprintendenza, according to *The* *Art Newspaper*. [**An appeal to save the UK’s Wedgewood Museum collection successfully raised £15.75 million**](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-29460282?ref=hyperallergic.com). The target was reached in just under a month. [**The Delaware Art Museum sold two works from its collection in a bid to tackle its $19.8 million debt**](http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2014/09/24/delaware-art-museum-uses-reserve-fund-fully-repay-mortgage/16183103/?ref=hyperallergic.com). One of the two works, William Holman Hunt’s “Isabella and the Pot of Basil” (1868) sold for a “disappointing” $4.25 million, according to Delaware Online. [**Dallas collector, Derek Wilson, donated $1 million to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University**](http://today.duke.edu/2014/09/wilson?ref=hyperallergic.com). The gift will fund an endowment for the museum and its collection. A pavilion space at the museum is to be named after the collector. [**A merger was announced between the Lancaster Museum and the Demuth Museum**](http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/artful-merger-lancaster-museum-of-art-demuth-museum-announce-consolidation/article%5F56ce09aa-4358-11e4-b7d3-001a4bcf6878.html?ref=hyperallergic.com). Both institutions will keep their names but will function as a single entity. [**A new exhibition space for postwar German art, the Kunsthaus Dahlem, will open in Berlin next year**](http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/opening-summer-2015/?ref=hyperallergic.com). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/10/queen.jpg) A sculpture from Justin La Doux’s installation, “kNights Watch”. The artist has appealed for the work’s return (via woodtv.com) [**A sculptured figurine from Justin La Doux’s art installation, *kNights Watch*, was stolen from outside the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum**](http://woodtv.com/2014/09/30/queen-flowers-stolen-from-artprize-entry/?ref=hyperallergic.com). Made from recycled materials, the work is part of an ArtPrize exhibit. [**Bushwick’s Doering-Bohack House has been granted landmark status**](http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/30/meet%5Fnycs%5Fnewest%5Flandmark%5Fa%5F19thcentury%5Fbushwick%5Fhome.php?ref=hyperallergic.com). The building is a rare example of a Neo-Grec frame house in New York City. [**Camille Henrot was awarded the 2014 Nam June Paik Award**](http://www.namjunepaikaward.de/en/start/start/?ref=hyperallergic.com). [**Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize**](http://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/prize2014/?ref=hyperallergic.com). [**The National Capital Planning Commission granted preliminary approval for a revised version of Frank Gehry’s controversial design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial**](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/eisenhower-memorial-wins-key-vote-on-revised-gehry-design/2014/10/02/271f9c76-4a71-11e4-a046-120a8a855cca%5Fstory.html?ref=hyperallergic.com). The project has been stalled since 2011. [**The RBC Canadian Painting Competition announced this year’s fifteen finalists**](http://canadianart.ca/features/2014/10/01/rbc-finalists-slideshow/?ref=hyperallergic.com).