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ARTSTOR REACHES AGREEMENT WITH SIX INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES OF THE ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS) Over 10,000 new artists from six countries are now covered internationally New York, August 29, 2012 - ARTstor has signed an Online Art Agreement (OLA) with Artists Rights Society (ARS) on behalf of six additional international visual arts organizations covering more than 10,000 new artists from six countries. This substantially expands the ARTstor Digital Library's modern and contemporary artworks for subscribers. The agreements cover the following affiliates of ARS: * VISCOPY - Australia * SODRAC - Canada * VBK - Austria * KUVASTO - Finland * SOMAAP - Mexico * AUTVIS - Brazil The artists covered in the agreement include: Waino Aaltonen (Finland), Raul Anguiano (Mexico), Oscar Araripe (Brazil), Charles Blackman (Australia), Paul-Emile Borduas (Canada), Arthur Boyd (Australia), Jack Bush (Canada), Fernando and Umberto Campana (Brazil), José Chávez Morado (Mexico), Grace Cossington-Smith (Australia), Adam Cullen (Australia), Wilhelm Dachauer (Austria), Ken Done (Australia), Destiny Deacon (Australia), Max Dupain (Australia), Felipe Ehrenburg (Mexico), Valie Export (Austria), Rosalie Gascoigne (Australia), James Gleeson (Australia), Jorge González Camarena (Mexico), Oswaldo Goeldi (Brazil), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austria), Eero Jarnefelt (Finland), Angelika Kaufmann (Austria), Manfred Kielnhofer (Austria), Awad Krayem (Austria), Emily Kngwarreye (Australia), Ozias Leduc (Canada), Elwyn Lynn (Australia), Adolfo Mexiac (Mexico), Benito Messeguer (Mexico), Tracey Moffatt (Australia), Rodolfo Morales (Mexico), Hermann Nitsch (Austria), John Olsen (Australia), Jose Clemente Orozco (Mexico), Mike Parr (Australia), Jean-Paul Riopelle (Canada), Georg Paul Thomann (Austria), Francisco Toledo (Mexico), Brett Whiteley (Australia), Fred Williams (Australia), Peter Paul Wiplinger (Austria), and Erwin Wurm (Austria), among thousands more. Dr. Theodore Feder, President of the Artists Rights Society, said "We are very pleased to further expand our collaboration and to contribute to the many authorized images offered by ARTstor for the important purposes of teaching, research, and study." ARTstor's previous agreements with ARS-affiliated organizations include ADAGP (France), Bildkunst (Germany), Beeldrecht (Netherlands), BONO (Norway), BUS (Sweden), Copydan (Denmark), DACS (United Kingdom), Prolitteris (Switzerland), SIAE (Italy), VEGAP (Spain), and SABAM (Belgium). About Artists Rights Society (ARS): ARS is a copyright, licensing, and monitoring organization for visual artists in the United States. Founded in 1987, ARS represents the intellectual property rights interests of more than 50,000 visual artists and estates of visual artists from around the world. ARS has relationships with more than 30 sister organizations that represent visual artists in other countries. About ARTstor: ARTstor is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with a mission to further education and scholarship through digital technologies. The ARTstor Digital Library provides 1.4+ million images in the arts and sciences and a Workspace to search, browse, present, and save images both online and offline for teaching and research purposes. For more information, visit artstor.org. Giovanni Garcia-Fenech Communications Manager ARTstor 151 East 61st Street New York, NY 10065 212.500.2404 tel 212.500.2401 fax [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> artstor.org<http://www.artstor.org> facebook.com/ARTstor<http://www.facebook.com/ARTstor> artstor.org/blog<http://artstor.wordpress.com/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~