Copyright and Content Removal

Last updated: 7 June 2026

Original content

The original articles, interviews, reviews, and editorial materials published on Art & Signatures (artsgn.com) are the intellectual property of Irina Vernichenko or of their respective authors, and are protected by copyright law. Please do not reproduce substantial parts of our editorial content without prior written permission. You are welcome to quote brief excerpts with a clear attribution and a link to the original page.

Images and artworks

Art & Signatures is an editorial project about art and architecture. Images of artworks are published for the purposes of illustration, review, and cultural commentary. Where possible, we use images from open-access collections of museums and cultural institutions, including (among others) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, the Smithsonian, the Getty, and Wikimedia Commons, as well as images provided by artists and their representatives. Copyright in the artworks themselves remains with the artists, their estates, or other rights holders.

Respect for rights holders

We make reasonable efforts to credit sources and to respect the rights of artists, photographers, and institutions. If you are a rights holder and believe that material on the Website has been used incorrectly, without proper attribution, or in a way that infringes your rights, we will review your request promptly.

Content removal requests

To request the correction, attribution, or removal of specific material, please contact us at irina.vernichenko@gmail.com with the subject line “Content removal request”, and include:

• the exact URL(s) of the page(s) containing the material;
• a description of the material in question (e.g. a specific image or passage);
• proof of your rights or your relationship to the rights holder;
• your contact details.

We will acknowledge your request and, where it is well-founded, remove or correct the material within a reasonable period.