Art

[[image:painting.jpg width="243" height="571" align="right"]]Is art in the eye of the beholder... or photograph?
The ARTnews magazine has asked a question that has been around for a while now: Everyone from Edgar Degas through to David Hockney does it, so why do artists sometimes hide the fact that they paint from photographs?

"Why should a painting based on a photograph be considered a less legitimate work of art than one painted from observation or one that is simply abstract?"
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Award-winning Teen Artist Admits Copying Painting

 * Today it is so easy for us to cut and paste images and work we like and save it as our own: but where do we draw the line?**

A South Albany High School senior whose painting, “Stolen Wings,” received a gold medal in the 2010 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition has admitted she copied the painting:"// Bowman said ... that she had seen painting and its accompanying poem online several years ago and was so moved by it that she sketched the image and copied the poem... //

// Bowman said that both her art teacher and her family really liked the results, and when the opportunity came to enter something in the Scholastic contest, they suggested the painting. She said she knew the idea for the painting was not her own but did not know how to give the artist credit." // read full article === Do you think the artist is justified in her argument that she just, "did not know how to give credit" to the original artist and took credit for the artwork herself? Also, do you think she should give back her award from the contest? === [|Join the discussion]

Tim Burton Honored by MoMa
Before directing films such as "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Alice in Wonderland", Tim Burton made his living as an artist. Check out the exhibit.

What is your take on the macabre artist, Tim Burton?
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