A group of visual effects artists who work on the Avatar movies have voted to unionize. Fifty-seven out of 88 eligible VFX workers at TCF US Productions 27 (a Walt Disney Studios subsidiary) voted in favor of the union in a National Labor Relations Board election. Nineteen workers voted against the effort and two ballots
By Imran Rahman-Jones BBC News 1 February 2024, 13:51 GMT Updated 24 minutes ago TikTok has removed music by stars including Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo from videos after a row with their record label, Universal Music Group (UMG). UMG said TikTok wanted to pay a “fraction” of the rate other social media
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TuneCore, a distribution platform for self-releasing artists, and Amazon Music UK have teamed up to provide 12 independent artists with free studio time at Metropolis Studios, one of Europe’s top recording facilities. Over the coming year, each month will see one TuneCore artist from the chosen dozen granted two full days in Metropolis Studios’ Studio
The Breakouts are presented in partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Emiko Venlet has always been an avid collector: of antiques, of beautiful things, of images that caught her attention in magazines. That magpie nature is reflected in her still life paintings: eclectic collections of objects, texture, and shape that she configures into whimsical works of visual storytelling.
Photo Anna Shtraus/©Dana Awartani/Courtesy the Artist and Athr Gallery On Wednesday during a press conference, Adriano Pedrosa announced the exceptionally large artist list for the upcoming Venice Biennale, for which he serves as curator. Taking the theme of “Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere,” Pedrosa, who is also artistic director of the Museu de Arte de
American artist Laurie Anderson is the latest public figure to be penalised for her pro-Palestine stance. Anderson, 76, has lost her coming professorship at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, after a pro-Palestine letter she signed in 2021 recently resurfaced. She was due to begin teaching on April 1. Live updates: Follow
To recognize Black History Month, Artsy is spotlighting 29 emerging Black artists—one for each day of this important month. This list hopes to highlight the work of emerging Black American artists who are at pivotal stages of their careers. These are exceptional creators from around the country who are working in different media, including the
During Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet’s state visit to France in January, President Emmanuel Macron pledged support for returning more Khmer artifacts and for technical assistance to expand the National Museum of Cambodia. Macron is often cited as the first European leader to lend a voice to long-standing demands from Asian states for the return
About Article 14 The 2019 Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive includes Article 14, a provision that safeguards the public domain status of works of visual arts. In particular, it defends the principle that public domain works should remain in the public domain when digitised. Importantly, the provision applies to any material resulting