Art often crosses over into crime and crime crosses over into art. The question is what makes something art and not just crime. What crime is art and what crime is just crime? What is our criteria for art even when a crime is involved? Does who you are play
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Living in America it is easy to forget that things such as freedom of speech and freedom of expression are constitutional rights and not world rights. In many countries these oft taken for granted freedoms don’t exist much at all. In the Ukraine, for example these rights we have are
Rene Magritte was a surrealist artist from Belgium, whose work was well know for its thought provoking and witty nature. He challenged his audience’s perception of reality. Le Viol (aka The Rape) was painted in 1935, and is considered highly controversial. The Rape is a simple image of a woman’s
Today there are many art auction sites where people can legally purchase art pieces for their collections. However, what if the artists of these pieces are serial killers? A man from central California named William Harder not only has a large art collection of items from killers such as Charles
Las Artelitas, a predominately Latina group, are currently making waves in the Latinx art community, and in their surrounding communities. Based in Chicago, these women use their art as a way to shine a light on the neighborhoods often overlooked by most communities, and show the beauty within them. They
Rick Staton was once an art collector. Although, the art he obtained was made by well-known serial killers. The first artwork he began to sell were the John Wayne Gacy. This is the man who sexually assaulted and murdered 33 boys, and Staton showed great interest in selling his art.
In a NewsWeek article, Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt discusses the issue of Nazi-looted artwork that is not properly returned to its rightful owners and questions why US museums are continuing to hold on to these pieces. To this day, many art pieces that were taken by the Nazis during World War
When I hear the word crime I think of the typical types of crime such as murder, drug use or trade, and weaponry. I never really think of stealing art as a major crime. Just last year, in an article titled “After Drugs and Guns, Art Theft is the Biggest
Death row inmates from a maximum-security prison just outside of Nashville have had their art exhibited in a New York based gallery, Apexart, through their nonprofit unsolicited proposal program. The show was organized by professors at Nashville’s Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Robin Paris and Tony Williams, whose
Is it possible to create an entire community out of a single document? Artist Matthew Britton is currently putting this question to the test. The process is as simple as it gets. All Britton did was create a blank document on Google Docs on the twenty first of November, and