Throughout Westchester this month, community groups are holding Juneteenth events to celebrate unity and Black culture with music, performances and parades.

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a narrow decision in the case of Andy Warhol Foundation v. Lynn Goldsmith. The appropriation art dispute centered on whether commercial licensing of a work of art by Andy Warhol that was derived from celebrity photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s image was fair use under the Copyright Act.

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Arts groups throughout Westchester come together to present 2023 Pride events throughout the County all month long.

The United States Supreme Court issued a much anticipated decision today on the copyright infringement and licensing case of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith et al.

This Mount Kisco Arts Council (MKAC) presents an outdoor Spring Art Market on May 21 in the parking lot of the MKAC Studio (175 Main Street) from 12-4pm.

Pratt Institute and KinoSaito recently jointly announced a new partnership – an artist-in-residence fellowship program.

Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring recently opened the Germano Celant Research Center, which serves as a resource for scholars and students, offering “an extensive library and archive of publications on a wide array of subjects, including Italian art, postwar and contemporary art, design, architecture and Murano Glass.”

Nine Westchester arts organizations were among the recipients of nearly $2 million in capital funding grants announced by Governor Kathy Hochul last week. 

While it is commonly believed that enslavement only happened in the south, New York City, was the epicenter of slavery in the North. It ranked second in the business of slavery nationally. The Wall Street slave market was built with the help of enslaved Africans, and some of the earliest insurance companies in America insured enslavers against the loss, damage or death of their enslaved Africans.

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)’s February 2023 COVID impact survey received an overwhelming response rate. 80% (1,293) of NYSCA’s 1,614 FY2023 grantees responded, providing tremendous insights into the state of New York’s non-profit arts and culture recovery.