The personal collection of André Leon Talley, the iconic Vogue magazine editor, writer, and fashion trailblazer, has far exceeded expectations at Christie’s auction. The 64 lots of the white-glove sale brought in a total of nearly $1.4 million (including fees), surpassing the…
The University of Leicester is proud to launch an exhibition in honour of the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio. The event will take place at the David Wilson Library until April 24th. The First Folio, published in 1623,…
On Wednesday, a federal jury in Manhattan ruled that an artist’s NFT (non-fungible token) versions of Hermes’ Birkin bags infringed on the French fashion house’s trademark rights. This is one of the first IP trials involving NFTs, and the jury determined that…
Shirley Hailstock is a renowned romance author who has penned over three dozen novels and novellas and has won numerous awards and accolades. She also served as the president of the Romance Writers of America, the leading professional organization in the romance…
Cokie the Bear was all set for her photo shoot with Elizabeth Banks for Variety’s cover story on “Cocaine Bear.” However, no actual bears were used in the production. Cokie was created through the efforts of photographer Art Streiber and a team…
Artist Maurizio Cattelan, famous for his 2019 Art Basel piece where he duct-taped a banana to a wall that sold for over $390,000, has responded to a lawsuit accusing him of plagiarism. California-based artist, Joe Morford, filed the lawsuit in the Southern…
LG Group, a South Korean multinational conglomerate, has joined forces with the Parsons School of Design in New York to create AI technology that can support art and design education. Over the next three years, the two organizations, LG AI Research and…
An artist in New York City, Kris Kashtanova, has been awarded the first known registered copyright for AI-generated artwork. The recent grant of a registered copyright for an AI-generated graphic novel by New York City-based artist Kris Kassanova has reignited the debate…
The UK’s declining art market and its fall behind global competitors in creative goods and services exports are being attributed in part to Brexit, according to a report from the House of Lords. The report criticizes the government’s approach to the arts…
The issue of Nazi-confiscated art has been a pressing concern for decades. In 1998, the Washington Principles were published to help resolve this problem, although they are not legally binding. The recent passing of the “Bachelot” law in France, which allows for…