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Vivian Maier, the Photographer Who Wanted to Go Unobserved

Avatar photo by Barry Schwabsky October 1, 2017October 17, 2017

Maier didn’t want people to know where she lived, and often lied about her personal history.

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11 Art-Related Movies and Shows to Watch on Netflix Instant

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne November 23, 2016November 23, 2016

From a Tim Burton artist biopic and a documentary about a master forger to the soothing sounds and brushstrokes of Bob Ross, this handy playlist will get you through Thanksgiving and other tough times.

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Settlement Draws Near in Vivian Maier Copyright Fight

by Jillian Steinhauer May 11, 2016May 12, 2016

Part of the legal saga surrounding the estate of Vivian Maier is drawing to a close a year and a half after it began.

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Who Are the (Potential) Art Winners Among the 2015 Oscar Nominees?

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 15, 2015January 19, 2015

The nominees for the 2015 Academy Awards are out today, and from Mr. Turner to Finding Vivian Maier, there’s a fair chance of some visual art films taking home gold-plated statuettes and adding Oscar medallions to their DVD cases.

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Major Vivian Maier Collector Sells Holdings to Toronto Gallery

by Jillian Steinhauer December 23, 2014December 24, 2014

Collector Jeffrey Goldstein has sold the bulk of his Vivian Maier collection to Toronto’s Stephen Bulger Gallery, largely removing himself from the ongoing legal saga surrounding the photographer’s estate.

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The Key Players in the Ever-More-Complicated Vivian Maier Case

by Jillian Steinhauer September 22, 2014September 22, 2014

A little over two weeks ago, the tenuous peace surrounding the production and distribution of artwork by Vivian Maier exploded.

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Making Sense of the Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Artworks

by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento September 9, 2014September 17, 2014

A legal battle has ensued over who has legal rights to an artist’s photographic negatives.

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A Vivian Maier Collector Opens Up About Posthumous Printing, Maier’s Only Heir, and Her Legacy

by Jillian Steinhauer August 11, 2014August 14, 2014

Collector Jeffrey Goldstein agreed to speak with me about some of the concerns raised in my previous post — including the handling of Vivian Maier’s artworks and story, as well as the ethics of making posthumous prints from her original negatives.

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The Vivian Maier “Discovery” Is More Complicated Than We Thought

by Jillian Steinhauer July 21, 2014July 28, 2014

Finding Vivian Maier, the documentary about the nanny who’s gained incredible posthumous fame for her previously unseen work as a photographer, was released this past weekend in the UK. But in addition to garnering reviews, it’s also bringing a longstanding but little-covered conflict over Maier’s work and archive to light.

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Woman of Mystery: Finding Vivian Maier

by Jillian Steinhauer April 1, 2014April 3, 2014

Today, the name “Vivian Maier” is far from unknown. People around the world have seen and read about Maier’s photographs, taken in New York, Chicago, and countless other places during the second half of the 20th century.

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100-Year-Old Photographs of Doomed Expedition Discovered in Antarctica

by Alicia Eler December 30, 2013January 3, 2014

Some photographs are best left to be discovered decades after they were first exposed. Much like the work of Vivian Maier — whose images were found years after she said her goodbyes — a recent finding of 22 undeveloped cellulose nitrate negatives from a 1914-1917 Antarctic expedition reignites our wonder at the opportunity to glimpse a past thought lost.

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Self-Portraits in a Complex Mirror: The Photographs of Vivian Maier

by Albert Mobilio December 21, 2013December 25, 2013

Vivian Maier spent some forty years working as a nanny in Chicago. When she died in 2009 at the age of eighty-three, she left behind well over a hundred thousand photographic negatives, evidence of decades spent wandering the streets of her hometown, as well as others cities and locales around the world.

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