After Tuymans appealed the ruling, the pair got here to a reportedly amicable but confidential out-of-court settlement in October. Appropriation artists continue to have a tricky time, as Richard Prince and Gagosian can attest to. In February, Prince’s instagram art, on view on the gallery, prompted cease-and-desist letters from photographer Donald Graham, whose image of a Rastafarian was uploaded to an Instagram account and subsequently appropriated by Prince. Some AI art generators—like NewProfilePic and the just lately popular Lensa with its Magic Avatar feature—have allowed anybody to turn their selfies into highly stylized artworks that seem like they belong in …
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