User talk:Ayesha23

Remarks about the use of images on Wikipedia of works by contemporary artists.

Until quite recently there were a multitude of magazines that covered the visual arts. All that has changed with the advent of the internet. Even the sale catalogues of the major auction houses are likely to be superseded soon by e-versions. Numbers of emerging artists now illustrate their works on personal websites, indeed a number of them such as Parker Ito style themselves as internet artists.

It should be possible to illustrate their work in Wikipedia. Fair Use criteria explicitly include works of art (including sculptures). A 0.1 MP file should be acceptable as should be high resolution images of details of the work (limited to say 5% of the total work). There should be no hard and fast rules about the number of such files allowed. Sufficent images should be allowed to record the various phases and facets of the artist's work. In the case of 3-D artwork the photographer (if not the artists themselves) has rights as well and should have released the file as free to share.

For an example of what is allowed see Kour Pour (an article start by me).

Editors wishing help and guidance about the process are welcome to contact me here. Ayesha23 (talk) 11:38, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]




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