Category: Andy Warhol

Supreme Court Rules Against Andy Warhol’s Estate in Copyright Dispute

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a photographer who claimed her intellectual property rights were violated by Andy Warhol’s eponymous foundation when it published multiple stylized prints he made based on her photo of the iconic musician Prince. Warhol, a painter, print-maker, and multimedia artist, died in 1987 at age 58. Prince, who was…


Supreme Court Rules Against Andy Warhol Foundation in Copyright Dispute

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a photographer who claimed her intellectual property rights were violated by Andy Warhol’s eponymous foundation when it published multiple stylized prints he made based on her photo of the iconic musician Prince. Warhol, a painter, print-maker, and multimedia artist, died in 1987 at age 58. Prince, who was…


Supreme Court Takes on Copyright Infringement Case Involving Prince, Andy Warhol

A photographer who claims her intellectual property rights were violated by Andy Warhol’s eponymous foundation when it published multiple stylized prints he made based on her photo of the iconic musician Prince, urged the Supreme Court on Oct. 12 to make the foundation pay up. Warhol, a painter, print-maker, and multimedia artist, died in 1987 at age…


Biden Administration Sides With Photographer in Dispute Over Andy Warhol Prince Print

In a Supreme Court filing, the Biden administration sided with a photographer who claims her intellectual property rights were violated by Andy Warhol’s eponymous foundation when it published multiple stylized prints he made based on her photo of the iconic musician Prince. Warhol, a painter, print-maker, and multimedia artist, died in 1987 at age 58….


Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Pop Art Sells for $195 Million, Setting New Record

Andy Warhol’s 1964 pop art portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 million on Monday night for nearly $200 million. The iconic artwork, which is signed and dated by Warhol, sold at Christie’s in New York for approximately $195,040,000, making it the most expensive piece of 20th century American artwork ever to be sold at auction…


Why Art Is Not ‘What You Can Get Away With’

Commentary Philosophy is littered with questions that are easily stated but difficult to answer. What is—well, you choose: What is justice? What is knowledge? What is virtue?  What is love? Many such questions are probably unanswerable or at least unanswerable in any way that is profitable. Any answer that is accurate is also likely to…