A judge in California removed both plaintiffs and defendants from a copyright lawsuit filed against three image-generating AI platforms. Some of the claims made by the remaining plaintiff were also dismissed, though one core claim remains. Artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan and Karla Ortiz filed a lawsuit earlier this year accusing Stability AI, Midjourney and

Lauren Ari proudly calls herself a Richmond artist. It’s where she has lived and sculpted and drawn for more than 20 years. It’s also where she finds support, among dozens of other artists who have made the same decision.  “I always had that fantasy of, ‘Oh, one day I’ll move to the country and all

Black History Month gives us an opportunity to pay homage to some great black artists Memphis: from Aretha Franklin (yes, Detroit – she was born here), Issac Hayes, Ernest Withers and George Hunt. Memphis has and continues to birth culture creators and shifters.  There’s been a fresh wave of creatives sweeping over Memphis over the

By Julie Sneider, Senior Editor   Norfolk Southern Railway, one of many major U.S. and global companies that maintains a corporate art collection, earlier this month put out a call for artists interested in occupying studio space at its new headquarters and 750,000-square-foot campus in Atlanta.  The Class I is seeking applications for a visual

In Kerson v. Vermont Law School, 79 F.4th 257 (2d Cir. 2023), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit considered whether the permanent concealment of controversial murals violated the mural creator’s rights under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) to prevent the intentional modification of his work. In a unanimous opinion

Although Kim Carlsson is certainly legendary, he strives to be more than that: he believes that his creations will prove immortal, and I emphatically agree. Carlsson is best known as the frontman of the disbanded powerhouse Lifelover, which he co-founded in 2005 with his tragically deceased friend Jonas Lars “B” Bergqvist. Lifelover’s music has inspired

Amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East, an open letter demanding an immediate ceasefire circulated online earlier this week, receiving signatures from more than 2,000 visual artists, writers, and actors. On Saturday, an Israeli response to that open letter began circulating. On October 7, roughly 1,400 Israeli citizens were murdered, while another 3,500 were wounded,

TEHRAN-Iranian visual artists and cineastes gathered together at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday afternoon to condemn the heinous crimes of the Zionist regime against the innocent people in the Gaza Strip. The event was held after the General Directorate of Visual Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and Iran

1. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art The Cooper Union is our pick for the best undergraduate art school in the United States for many reasons: it has great programs, affordable tuition, and notable retention and graduation rates, not to mention a stellar location. Located in the heart of the East

NEW YORK — A group of local visual artists have taken a bold step to remember the nearly 200 people kidnapped by Hamas. Their images are being projected on buildings and landmarks around New York City. Pictures of hostages were first displayed at the United Nations building last week. “We believe that we need the