Michelle

Artist + Arts professional, she/her

[Michelle @michellemeged]

The early Real World seasons were something special- envisioned as an extension of cinema verite (less formulaic, not structured around a lowest common denominator), and yet the "pebbles in the pond" were a real point of contention for cast and crew alike https://t.co/RJNssyvWC1

[Michelle @michellemeged]

I find this so heartwarming. There are so few moments where we actually sign off or put away our phones (I think watching a movie in the theater is the only situation left where I'm completely offline). I wish there were more opportunities to do so.

https://t.co/BrpKUYyrlJ

[Michelle @michellemeged]

"Kids are not failing by wanting to be cottagecore or meatcore or this new preppy. It’s the culture available to them that is failing, by no longer being able to connect any of these categories with lived experience or social meaning." https://t.co/TaS3Wcr6sb

[Michelle @michellemeged]

"The contemporary urban end goal is a utopian world without conflict, but...little is said about how it is created by a profound and deliberate violence against all that is different, queer, unfinished, volatile.... — in other words, all that is human." https://t.co/P46lYUCMBc

[Michelle @michellemeged]

"Our own Warholian doubles aren’t actors presenting themselves as better versions of us — we have profiles on Instagram and Twitter to fulfill that purpose."

https://t.co/u2PKrDkJBc

[Neal Katyal @neal_katyal]

Wow. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissent.

[Michelle @michellemeged]

My last link on the Warhol-Goldsmith case (for now, ha) has some interesting perspectives from the @nytimes' Op-Ed section - most notably the real issue being breach of contract, not fair use. https://t.co/CACmgWEeCB

[Michelle @michellemeged]

I can’t find that thread where people shared the moment they realized they were old, but I just asked the teen barista if he was excited about college. If this was something my mom had said, I would have majorly cringed as a teenager 🙃

[Michelle @michellemeged]

How was this a thing???

[Sarah Cascone @sarahecascone]

Art Basel Stops Requiring Students to Submit Full-Body Photos in Job Applications After a Feminist Artist’s Complaints https://t.co/GfnDBHeZdK

[Michelle @michellemeged]

I don't really think Cattelan had seen Morford's piece beforehand, but tbh the pains the judge went to enumerate these "significant differences" - including the degree to which the bananas were tilted - are wild. Especially in light of the Warhol case...

[The Art Newspaper @TheArtNewspaper]

🍌 A judge in Florida has tossed artist Joe Morford’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Maurizio Cattelan, in which Morford claimed to have come up with the idea for an artwork featuring a duct-taped banana nearly 20 years before Cattelan https://t.co/C2NDbGomvP

[Michelle @michellemeged]

Eh I'm not thrilled about quantifying all measures of impact and value, but if we continue to pressure the arts to justify their right to exist, this data-driven study will be a great tool in arts advocacy. https://t.co/geDma8V2CA

[Michelle @michellemeged]

Handling cases that fall into the gap between law enforcement and social services, the "community responder model" provides a promising alternative to over-policing - deescalating conflicts and rebuilding trust amongst neighbors. https://t.co/76igk7LWfP

[Colleen Dilenschneider @cdilly]

How satisfied are museum and other cultural organization staff members with their workplace, and do these sentiments vary by leadership level? Here are the answers: https://t.co/UwUMv6e3sp

[Michelle @michellemeged]

Not a good look.
https://t.co/4EEgO45I1u

[Michelle @michellemeged]

“All of Warhol’s artistry and social commentary,” Kagan wrote, “is negated by one thing: Warhol licensed his portrait to a magazine, and Goldsmith sometimes licensed her photos to magazines too. That is the sum and substance of the majority opinion.”

https://t.co/YvEgxu0hll

[Michelle @michellemeged]

A good primer on how SCOTUS came to their decision by ignoring Warhol's art historical significance - and what it means for artists moving forward

https://t.co/24TWkEUUJ9

[Andrew Russeth @AndrewRusseth]

Someone sign Justice Kagan as a staff art critic!

[Michelle @michellemeged]

@M_F_Rose Thanks for elaborating! I also thought that one of the points of contention was that there were additional versions/color ways produced that Goldsmith was not aware of. Was this not an issue?

[Michelle @michellemeged]

I'm not brainy enough to read the decision in full, but assuming this distinction is real it is at least somewhat reassuring !!

[Michelle @michellemeged]

“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”

While it looks like the Supreme Court agreed with Warhol's sentiment, they ultimately interpreted it to rule in Lynn Goldsmith's favor.

[Harvard Law School @Harvard_Law]

SCOTUS just ruled against Andy Warhol's use of a photo of Prince in a 1984 work. Last October, Harvard Law's @rtushnet warned about the potential impact on the arts. https://t.co/GEbiKyxsvR