Andy Warhol

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Sherrie Levine, After Walker Evans: 16 , 1981, Gelatin silver print, 20 x 25 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Sherrie Levine, After Walker Evans: 16, 1981, gelatin silver print, 20 x 25 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Copyright and Postmodernism in the age of DALL·E

While US Supreme Court’s May 2023 ruling against Andy Warhol’s “Prince” silkscreens might hamstring appropriative art, Sam Venis sees the legal system protecting human artists from generative AI.

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The Harrowing of Hell by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch, 16th century

The Harrowing of Hell by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch, 16th century

The Downward Spiral: Persona (Part II)

Have we blown past the point of Peak Identity? Continuing on the heels of last month’s column, Dean Kissick considers how memes and masks have superseded the performance of the self.

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Tobias Spichtig, "Good OK Great Fantastic Perfect Grand Thank You". Installation view from Swiss Institute, New York. Courtesy of the artist.

Tobias Spichtig, "Good OK Great Fantastic Perfect Grand Thank You". Installation view from Swiss Institute, New York. Courtesy of the artist.

Good OK Great Fantastic Perfect Grand

On the occasion of his first US solo show, Tobias Spichtig speaks with Jordan Richman about karaoke, mysticism, and fashionable ghosts.

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Greta’s sailboat

Greta’s sailboat

The Downward Spiral: August

Dean swims in the magic river. There’s a death on the island. And a visitor sails into the harbour.