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Highlights of Master Drawings NY and Classic Week at Christies – New York 2025
Winter weather in the Northeast may discourage some gallery goers, but Master Drawings New York is worth braving the cold to see some of the finest drawings on display anywhere in the United States. This year’s event includes 29 galleries exhibiting “exceptional and rare works on paper from the 15th to the 21st centuries, as well as… Continue reading
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Use, Credit, and Creativity
As works finally surface from under the U.S. Copyright Term Extension Act, here are a few words about use, credit, and creativity. Misconceptions about Copyright. From the time I expressed a desire to draw, I remember many misguided ideas about copying artwork. I received warnings and admonitions from every imaginable quarter: fellow schoolchildren, teachers, copy… Continue reading
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Visual literacy: absent from formal education, yet vital to well-being
I received a genuine shock one day in a design meeting at a small advertising firm. A coworker pitched an idea involving a pastiche of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous drawing: Vitruvian Man. In it, a male figure is circumscribed by a circle and square, demonstrating the regular proportions and perfect arcs that can be… Continue reading
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