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Artist Ordered to Repay Commission for Submitting Blank Canvas as Art

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I still think it's odd they displayed the art but didn't want to pay for the art.

Alex Katz Self-portrait with Sunglasses
Agreed, though I think the argument is that it wasn't the art they'd paid for. They specifically commissioned him to make a reproduction of one of his previous works, not to produce some non-specific work of art. They should still pay him if they're profiting off of his "work" though.
 
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They paid him for labor, which is hilarious in itself. But they hung it up as authentic art. That tells me they valued it as art. As odd as that seems, the value of art works just like that!
 
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They paid him for labor, which is hilarious in itself. But they hung it up as authentic art. That tells me they valued it as art. As odd as that seems, the value of art works just like that!
How would a plagiarism claim work?

'Art collector stunned to discover that his Haaning is a fake'.

How could you possibly tell?
 
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That doesn't represent the norm...they have galleries with amazing stuff from various time periods and various styles. It's when they host their modern art special events that you get to see the mediocrity on display.
Thats what I'm talking about. The contemporary stuff. Why so uniformly bad there? I often follow my SFe friend and she seems to have a nose for fascinating well considered art. Theres also some lame stuff.

I know what youre talking about, where the art scene is more scene than art. That may have more to do with those 2 particular institutions tho. You may want to seek out some other spaces.

Ive been in some spaces like that. In older times there was the 24 Hour Church Of Elvis in Portland. It was like this woman's mind turned inside out complete with a wry and kind of pushy personal tour of the place. These examples are like spying on someones schizophrenia therapy tho. They dont typically tell me a lot about other ways of seeing the world that I might benefit from.
 
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