Tuesday, February 10, 2009

• Have we got a deal for you. The Upper Trading Post invites artists to trade their work with one another. The motivating force behind the sight is Winnipeg artist/dealer Paul Butler. Registration is free.
• The newly proposed Canada Prize for the Arts, an international prize to be worth $25 million, is not being received well by arts groups across Canada, and particularly not in Quebec. (CBC News)
• Shepard Fairey, best know for his Obama Hope poster portrait, has been arrested in Boston on vandalism (graffiti) charges. (CBC News)
• This is not Shepard Fairey's only legal problem. He is involved in a copyright dispute with Associated Press, and is seeking a fair use ruling from the courts. (CBC News) (The Art Law Blog)
• Screwed in the Outback: Aboriginal art is big business in Australia, for some but not all. (The Telegraph)