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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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Ten Nineteen Exhibits Rare Vintage Prints From Nancy Rexroth’s IOWA

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Rather than celebrate intrepid man capturing, and controlling, the magic of “nature,” the film focuses more on how nature watches us. | Eileen G’Sell

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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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Arts Faculty and Staff Positions Now Open at the George Washington University

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