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Richard Prince and the Boundaries of Appropriation

The Cowboy, the Screenshot, and the Courtroom: Richard Prince’s Legacy

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Aug 24, 2025
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From cowboy ads to Instagram screenshots, Richard Prince built a career on turning other people’s pictures into his own. In the process, he forced courts, museums, and collectors to confront a pressi…

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