Yesterday we noticed that a copy of Anish Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate” in Chicago is in the works in Karamay, China, promoted as a giant, stainless steel drop of oil.
Plagiarism
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Luc Tuymans Found Guilty of Plagiarism for Painting Photo of Politician
The painter Luc Tuymans has been convicted of plagiarism over a portrait of the Belgian politician Jean-Marie Dedecker.
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Jeff Koons Accused of Plagiarism in Paris, Again
A second sculpture by Jeff Koons is conspicuously absent from his retrospective at the Centre Pompidou after a photographer’s widow complained to the art star and the museum’s administration that “Naked” (1988) constituted copyright infringement.
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Great Balls of Ire: Oil Company Rips Off Brooklyn Artist
An advertising campaign for Shell featuring a giant red ball has one Brooklyn artist feeling blue.
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Native Activist Charges Art Students with Plagiarism
A Native activist and organizer is claiming that a group of students at the California College of the Arts stole her work for a project that received a monetary award from the school’s Center for Art and Public Life.
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Spike Lee Doesn’t Do the Right Thing [UPDATED]
When famed film director Spike Lee launched a Kickstarter project for “The Newest Hottest Spike Lee Joint” this past summer, we rolled our eyes. But when Spike Lee hires unpaid interns and steals a designer’s work — well, then we feel compelled to say something.
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The $31M Lady Gaga Plagiarism Suit We’ve All Been Waiting For
Lady Gaga has been accused of plagiarizing from many artistic sources: Canadian-Ukranian artist Taras Polataiko, New York performance artist Colette, and Canadian artist Jana Sterbak, to name a few. But now someone’s finally going the extra step and suing her.
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Who Owns the Color Red?
Can a person own a color? Yves Klein may say yes, but Yves Saint Laurent begs to differ.
