Christiane Gruber writes about how Islamic art is shaped by politics in her new book. Additionally, she explores topics like Hagia Sophia’s transformation back into a mosque, Islamic healers using PPE during treatments, bird houses at mosques and how George Floyd’s death is shaping Middle Eastern protest.
This year has seen a high-profile legal case regarding Lynn Goldsmith’s portrait of musician Prince as fair use or not. This particular arts case is only one of a handful to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, potentially altering copyright limits and potentially shifting perceptions about what constitutes copyright rights.
