By Yuchen Xie.
On January 30th, 2020, the Center for Art law will launch its Visual Artists’ Immigration Clinic. Since our 2017 discussion on the issues of art and immigration law at the Georges Bergès Gallery, recent regulations have renewed interest in the topic. The following is an introduction of immigration law, taking into account three artists’ perspectives.
The history of art in the United States is peppered with names of immigrant artists, including Marcel Duchamp (French), Tamara Łempicka (Polish), Mark Rothko (Russian), Arshile Gorky (Armenian), Yoko Ono (Japanese), Louise Bourgeois (French) and David Hockney (who announced that he was moving to France so that he could smoke freely).[1] Around the turn of the 20th century, with the rapid development of modern art, immigrant visual artists poured into New York.[2] After the 1930s, countless refugees seeking to escape the Nazis found refuge in the U.S., including Geroge Grosz (German), Marc Chagall (Belarusian-Russian-French), Piet Mondrian (Dutch), and Eric Isenburger (German). The influx of talented artists interested in living and working in the US continues with film makers, sculptures, photographs, painters, and many others applying for entry every year.
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