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Terms of Service

Last updated: October 3, 2026

Welcome to WooArts. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of WooArts.com (the “Website”), including its articles, artist profiles, images, galleries, collections, and other content and services.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, please do not use the Website.

1. About WooArts

WooArts is an online art publication and archive that provides educational, informational, and editorial content about fine art, artists, artworks, exhibitions, techniques, and related subjects.

2. Use of the Website

You may use WooArts for lawful, personal, educational, research, and informational purposes. You agree not to:

  • Use the Website for any unlawful or fraudulent purpose.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, its servers, databases, or administrative systems.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the operation or security of the Website.
  • Use automated systems, bots, crawlers, or scraping tools in a manner that places an unreasonable burden on the Website or violates applicable law.
  • Copy, reproduce, republish, or redistribute Website content in violation of applicable copyright or other intellectual-property rights.
  • Misrepresent your affiliation with WooArts or with any artist, gallery, institution, or other person or organization.

3. Intellectual Property and Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, the text, original editorial material, website design, branding, logos, graphics, and other original material published by WooArts are owned by or licensed to WooArts and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Artwork images, artist photographs, and other third-party materials may be the property of their respective artists, estates, photographers, galleries, museums, archives, agencies, or other rights holders. Publication on WooArts does not necessarily mean that WooArts owns the copyright to such material.

You are responsible for obtaining permission from the applicable rights holder before reproducing, commercially using, or otherwise exploiting copyrighted material found on the Website when permission is required by law.

4. Artist and Artwork Information

WooArts aims to present accurate and useful information about artists and artworks. However, historical records, dates, attributions, titles, dimensions, biographies, and other art-related information can contain errors, conflicting sources, or information that changes over time.

Content on WooArts is provided for general informational and educational purposes and should not be treated as an authoritative determination of provenance, authenticity, ownership, valuation, or legal rights relating to an artwork.

5. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, galleries, museums, retailers, advertisers, or other services. These third-party websites operate under their own terms and privacy policies.

WooArts is not responsible for the content, availability, security, privacy practices, products, or services of third-party websites. A link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement or affiliation.

6. Advertising

WooArts may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising networks or advertisers. Advertisements may be selected or delivered based on factors determined by those third parties.

WooArts does not necessarily endorse products, services, or claims appearing in advertisements. Any transaction or interaction between you and an advertiser is solely between you and the advertiser.

7. User Comments and Submissions

If WooArts allows comments, messages, submissions, or other user-generated content, you are responsible for the material you submit. You agree not to submit unlawful, defamatory, abusive, infringing, misleading, or otherwise harmful material.

WooArts may remove or decline to publish user-generated content at its discretion where permitted by law.

8. Privacy

Your use of the Website is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how information may be collected, used, and handled.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis to the extent permitted by law. WooArts does not guarantee that the Website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or completely accurate or current.

To the extent permitted by law, WooArts disclaims warranties, express or implied, relating to the Website and its content, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, reliability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, WooArts and its owners, editors, contributors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the Website or its content.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.

11. Changes to the Website or These Terms

WooArts may modify, suspend, discontinue, or update any part of the Website at any time. We may also revise these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

12. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws applicable to WooArts and its operation, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

13. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect to the extent permitted by law.

14. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms or the Website, please contact WooArts through the contact information provided on the Website.

Thank you for visiting WooArts.