Shepard Fairey’s claim that he had the right to use a news photo to create his famous Barack Obama “HOPE” poster became a widely watched court case about fair use that now appears to have nearly collapsed.

By Friday night, his attorneys — led by Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University —said they intend to {...}

Page 44 Abraham Obama by Ron English
Hal Elliott Wert ISBN: 978-0-7603-3787-5, RRP: £24.99
Hardback, Pub Date: OUT NOW! “Yes We Can”
In January 2009 Barack Hussein Obama II became the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to hold the office. His campaign to the White House was unlike no other in America’s history. Obama’s personable and face-to- {...}

As part of the programs surrounding Art Basel Miami Beach this year, Shepard Fairey will unveil a major new mural consisting of a barricade structure covered with paintings. Located at The Fountainhead Residency property, an artist’s studio program in a residential-neighborhood of Miami, the site will be an unexpected venue for Fairey’s {...}

In what government and arts officials are calling the most ambitious commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall outside of Germany, a symbolic re-creation of the wall that once separated East and West Berlin will be erected across Wilshire Boulevard in November.

The Wall Project, painted by professional and amateur artists, will close Sunday afternoon traffic {...}

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