Appropriation art
Richard Prince ordered to pay damages to photographers in copyright infringement lawsuits over Instagram portraits
The nearly decade-long dispute over Prince's "New Portraits" series has ended with the artist and his galleries ordered to pay the photographers $900,000
Gagosian notches victory in lawsuit brought by photographer over Richard Prince’s New Portraits series
The gallery will not have to pay Donald Graham for any “unrealised profits” related to Prince’s appropriation of the photographer’s work
Judge refuses to toss two copyright infringement lawsuits against Richard Prince
New York judge says the appropriation artist's New Portraits series does not achieve the level of transformation necessary to shield him from litigation
US Supreme Court will hear dispute over Andy Warhol’s use of photographer's image of Prince
The court’s ruling on the case, a years-long dispute between the Warhol Foundation and photographer Lucy Goldsmith, could be a watershed for the fair use doctrine
Andy Warhol Foundation petitions US Supreme Court to review ruling over Prince portrait
A lawyer for the foundation says a review by the Supreme Court of a lower court’s decision would “reaffirm the importance of free artistic expression”
The tension between copyright law and Appropriation art: where is the line between artistic innovation and stealing?
As a US court issues a decision on the dispute between the Andy Warhol Foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith, two lawyers explore past case studies in this legally controversial area
Andy Warhol Foundation fights back in fair use case
Lawyers for the foundation claim a US Court of Appeals decision conflicts with precedent and threatens historically significant contemporary art work
US appeals court rules that Warhol’s reliance on a photographer’s portrait image did not constitute ‘fair use’
Decision appears to signal that appropriation artists may have to proceed more cautiously
The verdict that flies in the face of art history: Luc Tuymans guilty of copyright infringement
A Belgian court recently found Tuymans guilty, a ruling that ignores appropriation’s vital role in art over the centuries and has worrying implications for the future
The art of appropriation remains at the forefront, as a major new show from the Rubells testifies
Despite high-profile, ongoing legal battles, contemporary artists continue to beg, borrow and steal with abandon