Posted on: October 7, 2020 by Adam Jomeen
Banksy hit the headlines last month when an EU trade mark featuring his iconic Flower Thrower graffiti was struck down by the EU’s Intellectual Property Office, reigniting claims that the Bristolian street artist is abusing trademark law to secure rights against third parties who commercialise his work without consent. Whilst Banksy could in principle take […]
Posted on: December 10, 2019 by Adam Jomeen
Hot on the heels of its heavyweight (in every sense) Antony Gormley retrospective, London’s Royal Academy of Arts (RA) opened its second winter blockbuster – Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits – in late October to widespread critical acclaim. Filling the RA’s smaller Sackler Wing (yes – they have one too), the show unites paintings, prints, drawings […]
Posted on: November 21, 2019 by Adam Jomeen
Banksy’s well-known quip from 2005 that “Copyright is for losers ©TM” is perhaps more widely attributed than many of his artworks. Disputes with an Italian museum and a UK greetings card company over the past year suggest a shift, however, in his historically laissez-faire attitude to the commercialisation of his work by unauthorised third parties. […]