US Judge Removes Monet Reference in Opinion, Saying It Wasn't Art Criticism
Judge Barrington Parker Jr., who professed a great appreciation for the arts, clarified that Monet is an "absolutely great artist," and said it was best to delete the reference, which was incorrectly seen as a criticism of Monet.
February 21, 2020 at 06:08 PM
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A federal appeals court judge said Friday that a reference to Claude Monet in an opinion earlier this week had been widely misconstrued as a take-down of the esteemed French painter's work.
The comments, from Judge Barrington D. Parker Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, addressed a brief passage in the court's ruling from Thursday, which upheld a $6.75 million judgment in favor of graffiti artists whose work at Long Island City's 5Pointz complex had been whitewashed amid a dispute with a real estate developer.
Parker had used Monet as an example to illustrate the central question of what types of artwork should qualify for "recognized stature" under a federal law that shields certain works from being destroyed without the artists' permission.
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