Dutch Artist, Festival Tussle Over Giant Rubber Duck
Some ripples ahead of Tall Ships Philadelphia Camden.
It’s early in the week, but Philadelphia magazine senior writer Victor Fiorillo may have us all already beat when it comes to this frame’s wildest email subject line. A message he received Monday was titled: ‘Unauthorized rubber duck project in Philadelphia.’
The email was from Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. As Fiorillo explains, Hofman claims that after not being paid for use of his giant rubber duck artwork on the west coast, the same Tall Ships Festival is planning without additional contractual permission to use the prop again in Philadelphia at the end of June.
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