The National Portrait Gallery in London is accusing a Wikipedia volunteer of downloading over 3000 high-resolution images onto the free online encyclopedia’s Wikimedia Commons. The NPG asserts that this denies revenue for the museum and is threatening legal action. Wikipedia counters that the museum is “betraying its public service mission.” via BBC News and Wikinews
Julius Shulman, whose images helped shape appreciation for and scholarship of mid-20th-century Modernist architects and their buildings, died at his Los Angeles home Wednesday night. He was 98. obituary via Los Angeles Times
The New York Times has a terrific photojournalism blog called “Lens”. It includes both NYT photographers’ images as well as amateur photography, and incorporates photos, slideshows, and videos. There is also news on the art and practice of photography. Today’s showcase images are of people watching the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. The blog has…
Christo and Jeanne-Claude‘s project Over the River (with links here and here), where the artists drape material over parts of the Arkansas River in Colorado, is facing stiff opposition. The group, calling themselves Rags Over the Arkansas River (ROAR), is protesting the project over environmental, commercial and recreational issues. via denverpost.com UPDATE (19 May 2011):…
ARTstor has just announced an important milestone: five years of service and over 1,000,000 images! Among those images are these new releases: Ezra Stoller Archive (via Esto Photographics): Photography of Modern architecture (the latest release brings the count to 7800 of 26,000 total images) ART on FILE Collection: Contemporary architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and…
Bravo TV is casting for an “Untitled Art Project”: “How do you go from struggling, emerging or even semi-established artist to selling a complete show for $198 million? It’s a big art world out there, but maybe this is one place to start!” If you think you have what it takes, the next casting call…