On the front page of the Business section of today's NY Times is an illustration related to Donald Trump. The illustrator is given credit for a design that essentially rips off a visual format invented by David Hockney.
If this happened with a logo or design or product idea or trademark in the corporate world, the lawsuits would fly. (University of Kentucky just won a lawsuit to maintain control of the word
"Kentucky."
But, at its best, art has an unselfishness that throws new ideas into the world to be played with, visually discussed, pushed forward, welcoming dialogue. This is the generosity of art.
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