With the beginning of 2025, paintings by the likes of Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, and André Derain are shedding their copyright protections and entering the public domain in the United States ...

Happy Public Domain Day! Starting today ... offer trustworthy perspectives on everything from art history to contemporary art. We spotlight artist-led social movements, uncover overlooked stories ...

1: a new batch of copyrighted works entering the public domain. In 2025, the rights to characters, books, plays, movies, drawings, paintings, and photography from 1929, as well as sound recordings ...

Now, other writers can opt to bring the stories back to life with modern contours. The results of public domain can be surprising. Without the confines of strict copyright law, communal use can ...