Dear Colleagues,
The Artists Rights Society (ARS) and ARTstor are pleased to announce
that they have reached an agreement under which ARTstor will distribute
to its participating institutions throughout the United States and
Canada a rich body of images of modern and contemporary art for
educational and scholarly use. Under this collaborative agreement,
ARTstor will include digital images of a significant number of
copyrighted works of art by artists and estates represented by ARS.
Theodore Feder, President of the Artists Rights Society, expressed his
enthusiasm for this collaboration. "We are very pleased to inaugurate
our collaboration and to contribute to the many authorized images
offered by ARTstor," says Feder. James Shulman, Executive Director of
ARTstor, similarly expressed his pleasure for the relationship that
ARTstor has built with ARS. "We have been developing collections of
modern and contemporary art from ARTstor's inception, and are continuing
to build new collections on an ongoing basis," says Shulman. "But we
have all along felt that we need a way for artists and estates to have a
voice in the development of ARTstor, and this agreement helps accomplish
that." Samuel Sachs II, President of the Krasner-Pollock Foundation,
also voiced his support for this relationship. "From Ancient Chinese
cave painting to Pollock and well beyond, ARTstor is demonstrating its
enormous potential to transform the way in which art history is taught
and learned," stated Sachs. "The agreement to enable modern and
contemporary artists to be included is a major step forward."
Under this agreement, ARTstor expects to make available soon a
significant number of images of modern and contemporary art works by ARS
artists. ARS represents numerous artists and estates, including (to name
a few): Anni Albers, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Sam Francis, Red
Grooms, Robert Indiana, Barnett Newman, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson
Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Susan Rothenberg, Mark Rothko, Richard Serra,
Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
US art museums contributing modern and contemporary art to ARTstor -
including both former museum members of the Art Museum Image Consortium
(AMICO) and other museums sharing content through ARTstor - will also
benefit directly from this agreement, which includes a provision
authorizing these museums to place images of a number of works by ARS'
American artists on their own websites when they contribute images of
those works to ARTstor for educational and scholarly use.
ARS is the preeminent organization for visual artists in the United
States. Founded in 1987, ARS represents the intellectual property rights
interests of many visual artists and estates of visual artists (such as
painters, sculptors, photographers, architects and others). More
information about ARS can be found at www.arsny.com.
Please do not hesitate to contact ARTstor for further information.
Best,
Barbara
Barbara Rockenbach
Assistant Director for Library Relations, ARTstor
149 Fifth Avenue, 8th fl.
New York, NY 10010
Tel: 212.358.6441
Fax: 212.358.6499
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