How Arthur Jafa Created a Contemporary Guernica

Smithsonian American Art Museum

A still from the video, Love is the Message, the Message is Death

Last year, SAAM jointly acquired acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and cinematographer Arthur Jafa’s Love is the Message, The Message is Death with the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. I am thrilled that Jafa will be at SAAM this upcoming weekend to talk about his work in dialogue with the brilliant next-gen auteur Ja’Tovia Gary. As a prelude to this electrifying program, I want to share the importance of SAAM as a context for Jafa’s powerful work.

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Oktober 17th, 2019 · Tags: Art reception · Featured Artist · Pablo Picasso · SAAM

Art + Learning

Eva Lewarne

It is important to learn from one another. If we did not have role models in Art like in Science, we would never improve.

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September 6th, 2019 · Tags: Art per se · Pablo Picasso

Picasso: Works Entering the Public Domain in 2019

Originally Written by The Art Story – Modern Art Insight

On January 1st, 2019, a group of Pablo Picasso artworks will enter the public domain in the United States. A small but significant selection of will be completely free for re-use and publication of any sort.

According to copyright law, for the first time in twenty years, thousands of books will be free from copyright. Among them is a work by French poet, artist, and writer Jean Cocteau, a man with whom Picasso shared a long friendship. The tiny, unassuming book, entitled simply Picasso, includes a total of 14 works by the artist. Some of those 14 works have been published prior to 1923, so they are not the focus of this article – this article is about the brand new (to 2019) copyright-free works.