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# Belgian gallery uses art after being turned down by artist
- URL: https://werd.io/belgian-gallery-uses-art-after-being-turned-down-by-artist/
- Published: 2021-11-02T16:58:39.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-02T16:58:39.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"The friendly stranger who clocked the familiar image asked the gallery about it, and a representative allegedly claimed they’d been in touch with Bateman and worked something out. Bateman searched her email and found a permission request from the gallery, dated in March—which she had politely declined and promptly forgotten about. Somehow, what the gallery had taken away from the exchange was that it could just use her work anyway." I used to share an office with Hallie and have followed her journey. (My current Twitter avatar - a picture of me - was drawn by her.) This gallery's actions were a very unfair devaluation of the value of her work and her rights as an artist.

\[[Link](https://www.fastcompany.com/90691783/belgian-art-gallery-hallie-bateman?fbclid=IwAR3v%5FHcASmITRbQJjouzLX53UwGkR-cugH6U-r5GZcMrMadY5UswdDG%5FXdI)\]