Every year, January 1 marks a new crop of artists and artworks entering the public domain, a holiday affectionately known to some as Public Domain Day. This year, works by Henri Matisse ...

the works of celebrated French artist Henri Matisse, Swedish sculptor Carl Eldh, and Mexican Surrealist Frida Kahlo, who died in 1954, are now in the public domain. In the United States ...

which made that artist a popular star in 1968, is still under copyright. "Singin' in the Rain," which most people associate with the 1952 film musical of that name, is entering the public domain.