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A Court Shot Down a Computer Scientist’s Latest Attempt to Copyright an A.I.-Created Artwork in a Case That Has Big Implications for A.I. Artists
Computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s bid to secure a copyright registration for an artwork created by artificial intelligence has been shot down for at least the third time by a Washington, D.C. court. Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the request in a firmly worded 15-page ruling […]
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Veteran Gallerist Bridget Finn Appointed Director of Art Basel Miami Beach
Several months ahead of the major art fair that takes place in Miami Beach each December, Art Basel has announced a new director: Bridget Finn. The veteran dealer and gallerist has been appointed director of Art Basel Miami Beach, a role she’ll assume in September. Finn will “steer the direction of the Miami Beach edition […]
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Uniqlo and a Paris Design Agency’s Splashy New T-Shirts for the Louvre Aim to Avoid an ‘Obvious Representation’ of History
The Louvre in Paris has once again partnered up with Uniqlo to create a new line of t-shirts featuring fragments of writing taken from works in the museum’s collection. Known as “The Scripts of the Louvre,” the collection will be released on May 8. The idea for the one-off line was dreamt up by M/M […]
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Why Art Addicts Go on Shopping Sprees and Then Don’t Pick Up Their New Artworks… for Years
Collectors often say they are art addicts. They buy too much. More than they need, or have space for. They spend too much. More than can feed a small village. A true collector, goes the old adage, is a person who’s exceeded the walls of a house (or two, or three) and is buying art […]