Is it legal to have a 2-page magazine spread with some small Picasso paintings on my design portfolio site?
July 19, 2010 by
Filed under graphic design firms
I was registered as a student last Fall and I made a 2-page spread for an imaginary art magazine featuring some small pictures of a couple well-known Picasso paintings surrounded by the body of text I wrote for the magazine spread’s article.
Is it legal to include this magazine spread I made on my portfolio site since it contains some Picasso paintings in it? I would be showing this magazine spread on my portfolio site so potential employers (graphic design firms and ad agencies) could see.
It depends upon whether the Picasso paintings you are using are protected by copyright. We cannot tell.
If you wrote the article that appears in the magazine then it would be acepetable to put it in your portfolio since you are the author.