Art
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Banksy artwork on Reading Prison: Could copyright save it from demolition?
The Banksy artwork depicting a prison break (reported here) on the side of Reading Prison has generated much interest including calls from the creative and dramatic industries to turn the prison into a space for the arts. Kate Winslet joined the campaign against the Ministry of Justice’s intentions to tear down the building, joining Kenneth Branagh…
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Amateur restoration ruins another Spanish painting – but what about the copyright?
An art collector in Spain has been left unimpressed by the attempts of a furniture restorer to restore a Baroque painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. There were two attempts to fix the art resulting in what can only be considered a new take on the Immaculate Conception. This incident has been compared to the 2012…
John Shaw 