Major 20th-century artists who died in 1976 become free in life+50 countries.
| Where | Status |
|---|---|
| Life+50 countries: e.g. China, Egypt, South Africa, UAE, Saudi Arabia | Free from 1 January 2027 |
Limits
Still protected in Europe and the US for decades.
Ideas
Local museum merchandise in life+50 markets.
Sources
Checked 31 October 2026. Report a correction.
More art
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Coming 2027Jackson Pollock (paintings)Jackson Pollock · 1956 · Art
Pollock died in August 1956: his drip paintings become free in life+70 countries.
Life+70 2027 -
Coming 2027The Persistence of Memory (melting clocks)Salvador Dalí · 1931 · Art
Dalí's melting clocks. Wikipedia lists it among 1931 works becoming free in the US.
US 2027 -
New in 2026Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow (1930)Piet Mondrian · 1930 · Art
Mondrian died in 1944, so his work has been free in Europe since 2015; this 1930 painting is now free in the US too.
US 2026Life+70 2015 -
New in 2026Fernand Léger and Yves Tanguy (art)Fernand Léger; Yves Tanguy · 1955 · Art
The cubist and the surrealist both died in 1955.
Life+70 2026 -
New in 2026Jules Rimet Cup (original World Cup trophy design)Abel Lafleur · 1930 · Art
The original FIFA World Cup trophy, as a sculpture.
US 2026 -
EarlierOpen access museum collections (CC0)The Met, Rijksmuseum, Smithsonian, Art Institute of Chicago and others · various · Art
Hundreds of thousands of high-resolution images of public domain art released with no restrictions.
Worldwide 2017
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