Artists Karla Ortiz, Kelly Mckernan, and Sarah Andersen, represented by Joseph Saveri Law Firm, have filed a class action lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for allegedly violating copyright laws by using the artists’ images and those of thousands of others…
A painting previously attributed to an unknown artist has been identified as a Raphael masterpiece using facial recognition technology. A team from the University of Nottingham and University of Bradford used the technology to examine the painting, known as the de Brécy…
A former payroll manager at the Art Institute of Chicago, Michael Maurello, has been charged with fraud for allegedly stealing over $2 million from the museum over a period of 13 years. The indictment states that Maurello redirected payments from the museum’s…
It’s not just about live show promotion by producers. Despite being able to access a variety of on-demand services, like food delivery, household essentials, and movies/TV shows, live Broadway performances cannot be streamed at will. The absence of current Broadway shows on…
As Chanel presented a surreal “zoo” at Paris Fashion Week, art and fashion combined. Designer Virginie Viard teamed up with artist Xavier Veilhan, using Coco Chanel’s apartment’s bestiary as inspiration for the show’s animal sculptures. The creatures, made of wood, paper and…
The Mayor of Amiens, in northern France, has asked Madonna to return a 19th-century painting lost during WWI, which they believe she may have bought. The painting “Diana and Endymion” by Jérôme-Martin Langlois was once displayed in an Amiens museum but was…
A Spanish collector, Guillermo Chamorro, is being tried for forging 15 art pieces by well-known artists like Edvard Munch, Saul Steinberg, and Roy Lichtenstein. These forged works were sold at various auction houses in Europe. According to El País, the Madrid prosecutor’s…
Unify, an art collective in Cardiff, Wales, recently painted a mural on a local wall to showcase the history of multiculturalism in the area through football. The artwork features a photograph of a real person and is a tribute to a former…
Deborah Roberts, a renowned collage artist, has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Lynthia Edwards, an artist who creates similar collages of Black children and Edwards’ art dealer and gallery. However, the defendants are seeking to have the case dismissed on the…
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…