Practically 6,500 artists demanded in an open letter that wonderful artwork public sale home Christie’s cancel its first present devoted solely to works created with AI. But, the present, Augmented Intelligence, went on — and reportedly exceeded expectations.
In accordance with Christie’s, the present introduced in additional than $700,000, with many tons reaching past their excessive estimates. The highest sale was Refik Anadol’s “Machine Hallucinations — ISS Desires — A,” a dynamic portray that algorithmically reimagines information from the Worldwide Area Station and satellites. It fetched $277,200.
Christie’s VP and director of digital artwork gross sales, Nicole Gross sales Giles, advised Artnet that the present’s success “confirmed” that collectors acknowledge “inventive voices pushing the boundaries of artwork.”
Many artists don’t really feel that approach.
Within the aforementioned letter, the undersigned accused Christie’s of that includes art work created utilizing AI fashions “identified to be educated on copyrighted work” and not using a license that “exploit” human artists — utilizing their work with out permission to construct merchandise that compete with them.
