Maureen Gallace at 303 Gallery (The Armory Show 2006)
Maureen Gallace at 303 Gallery (The Armory Show 2006)
Due to our previous coverage of "photography not allowed" policies, blogger and artist Mark Barry forwarded an email he just received from 303 Gallery regarding 2 images on Flickr from his set from the 2006 Armory Show. The photos were taken during the press preview.
From: Simon Greenberg
Date: May 7, 2008 10:06:33 AM EDT
To: mark@markbarryportfolio.com
Subject: Maureen Gallace image - flickrhello mark -
this is simon at 303 gallery. i noticed you had an image of Maureen
best
Gallace's work up on your flickr page - please be aware that 303 Gallery
owns the copyright to the work and all public display of images, including
web content. if you could kindly remove this image from your page, it would
be most appreciated.
simon
This is one of the more infuriating things I have seen from an art gallery lately. Do the gallery's artists know that they're spending this kind of time trolling the web and harassing bloggers? It hardly seems like a good use of resources.
Related:
- A quote from Lisa Spellman, the owner of 303, on her apprecation of appropriationist art
- Mark's blog post on the 2006 Armory (but the images are only on flickr)
- Edward Winkleman post on galleries and photography -- don't miss the comments
[The two photos above are the ones referred to in the email.]
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Updated: more blogs on the subject
- C-Monster
- Libby and Roberta's artblog
- Heart As Arena is brilliantly subtle
- Chris Ashley provides (admittedly needed) color correction for the images above
