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Good morning. ⛅ Today, how NYC’s handling of “Fearless Girl” may harm artists’ rights, Norman Lewis and the color black, and one Missouri county apparently went berserk with Photoshop.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
This Missouri County's Redesigned Seal Is a Photoshop Atrocity
The design appears to have been put together in a 1995 version of Microsoft Paint. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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The Transcendent Power of Black in Norman Lewis's Abstractions
For Lewis, a first-generation Abstract Expressionist, working with black seemed to open up his art. | David Carrier
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New York City's Treatment of the "Fearless Girl" Harms Artist Rights
By failing to consider the artist’s interests or opinions, the city is setting extraordinary precedents with “Fearless Girl” that blow up custom and fair practice. | Todd Fine
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