Day: November 20, 2010
What Does It Mean To Be Cool? Linking Stoicism and Hip Hop
In principle, to be cool means to remain calm even under stress. But this doesn’t explain why there is now a global culture of cool. What is cool, and why is it so cool to be cool? The aesthetics of cool developed mainly as a behavioral attitude practiced by black men in the United States … Read more
Trial Over Beuys Estate Highlights Artworld Debate Over Intellectual Property Rights
Aside from illustrating some of the glaring differences between jurisdictions when approaching copyright protection and infringement, the trial illustrates, perhaps more significantly, the problem of balancing an artist’s rights of authorship (as inherited by their estate) against the freedom of expression of museum curators and other creators; in this case, photographers. Link