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CTyankee

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11. What if your "use" is framing it and putting it on your wall because you love it. If you are the
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 05:04 PM
Mar 2023

artist what have you lost? Then, suppose someone else saw it on your wall and bought a reproduction of your work. Of course, if you sold your original and it was purchased you would have your money, but many people can't afford original art. I have bought several works in oil by a local artist in Wisconsin where we once had a house. It was wonderful having her art on my wall there and now here in CT. And I loved it.

Similarly, museums sell copies of art in their museum. And I have a key fob of the little footbridge by Monet that I bought at the Musee d'Orsay's gift shop in Paris. I love it because I see it each time I use my supermarket card attached to it. Occasionally some people see it and comment on it. Maybe they would be interested in seeing it again. Where? Google or maybe a little video on YouTube.

I write about art because I love it and have had my readers comment that it made them appreciate art more and actually made them happier. That artist or those artists may then be sought out on that despicable Google. Beauty is thus proliferated in the world.

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"Sneer?" Heavens, I'd hope not and I could not agree more. hlthe2b Mar 2023 #1
Oh, I don't mean you. I couldn't agree with you more about that museum. CTyankee Mar 2023 #2
Thank you. This is great news OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #3
thank you for the extensive breakdown of what is available from the National Gallery. CTyankee Mar 2023 #4
I'm over the moon happy for this Birthday Present! OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #5
I just looked at your former thread... hippywife Mar 2023 #6
Yea, one of the "filters" is "downloadable images" OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #7
The filters as described in previous comment hone In preferences OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #8
Yep. hippywife Mar 2023 #9
I agree 100% OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #10
What if your "use" is framing it and putting it on your wall because you love it. If you are the CTyankee Mar 2023 #11
... hippywife Mar 2023 #12
Some people (not me) like to take pictures on their cell phones in art museums. CTyankee Mar 2023 #13
"That's why many artists make prints available, often times in a run of limited copies." CTyankee Mar 2023 #14
In my unpublished book on art and music I reference a album cover art which the artist granted CTyankee Mar 2023 #15
We will have to agree to disagree here, I believe. CTyankee Mar 2023 #17
On this topic... hippywife Mar 2023 #18
these restrictions are reasonable and understandable (where there is doubt that the museum can CTyankee Mar 2023 #16
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