Gulf Shores artist Michael Swiger is defending his now-rejected design for the 2025 National Shrimp Festival poster, saying it’s a case of “art appropriation,” not plagiarism. The Coastal Alabama ...

The style of art known as appropriation art has intensified since the 20th Century when cubist artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque incorporated non-art objects into their collage practice. In ...

Appropriation art raises special issues of fair use. An appropriation artist takes the work of another artist and modifies it in some fashion and in the process creates a new work of art. Andy ...

Today, the Second Circuit handed down its much anticipated decision in Cariou v. Prince regarding the legality of appropriation art by artist Richard Prince. Prince’s paintings range from ones with ...

What is cultural appropriation? If you're searching for a concise definition, it's more complicated than most. In many cases, it's better explained through example. Take Utah teen Keziah Daum, who in ...

When the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death rolled around in August, much of the coverage had to do with the cultural re-evaluation of what Elvis meant. Even in pieces that celebrated him ...

If you’re looking for a hard line on what constitutes cultural appropriation what does not, I unfortunately don’t have the answers you seek. When we look at examples of cultural appropriation, there ...