It seems a month doesn’t go by without another artist being accused of copyright infringement. This time it is the American artist Richard Prince. US art news site Hyperallergic reports that Gagosian Gallery, who represents the artist, has received cease and desist letters accusing Prince of the illegal use of a photograph titled Rastafarian Smoking a Joint, Jamaica shot by the photographer Donald Graham. It is believed that the letters, sent by lawyers on behalf of Graham, forbid the exhibition and distribution of the work in question and any other materials containing unauthorized reproductions of Graham’s work. Continue reading →