Google: Happy Birthday Joan Miro

Today is Joan Miro's birthday, and Google's logo celebrates his art.

Dennis Hwang is a graphic artist who lives in Korea, designs the Google logos on special days and also is google's international webmaster, esponsible for managing all Google's international site content.

I wonder how Hwang decides who/what to celebrate?

UPDATE, via Johnny C..: San Jose Mercury News reports:

"The Artists Rights Society, a group that represents the Miro family and more than 40,000 visual artists and their estates, had asked Google to remove the image early this morning. ... the family of Joan Miro was upset to discover elements of several works by the Spanish surrealist incorporated into Google's logo. Google has since taken the logo off its site."

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