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An American soldier stole a 300-year-old painting during World War II. It made an unusual journey back to Germany.

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FBI Special Agent David White, left, and Bernd Ebert, a curator at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, sign documents returning the 18th century painting titled
A baroque landscape painting stolen by a US soldier was returned to a German museum.

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An astonished family discovered that a painting that decorated their living room for decades was a Van Dyck that could be worth millions

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"Charles I at the Hunt," by Anthony van Dyck, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

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Workers are worried about AI taking their jobs. Artists say it's already happening.

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Karla Ortiz says many artists are already losing work to generative AI.

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OpenAI offers a way for creators to opt out of AI training data. It's so onerous that one artist called it 'enraging.'

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Sam Altman speaks to members of the media during Microsoft's announcement of a new, AI-powered Bing search at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

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Roman Abramovich and ex-wife Dasha Zhukova amassed a 'stupendous' art collection worth almost $1 billion, leaked documents reveal

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Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova attend the Preview of the Spring Exhibition Season at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art on March 9, 2017 in Moscow, Russia.
Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova in Moscow in 2017.

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An artist who turned in two blank canvases titled 'Take the Money and Run' has now been told to repay $75,000

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An artist who turned in empty frames titled 'Take the Money and Run' has been ordered to pay back $75,000.

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Tim Burton says AI imitations of his art style are missing 'humanity' and 'soul' — even if the results are 'pretty good'

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Tim Burton was impressed by AI recreations of his artwork but also felt it took out the "humanity" of his work.

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A Welsh man uploaded a Facebook video of himself destroying 4,500 year-old rock art. Now, he will get 4 months in prison as officials say the Bronze Age artifact is 'lost forever.'

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Stones in the Welsh mountain range of Brecon Beacons.

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The artists behind Chewy's viral pet portraits are furious over a new contract that cracks down on creative control

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Three rectangular portraits of dogs are against a light olive green background. The first dog is. a small light brown puppy, the second dog is a scruffy black and white dog with pointed ears, the last one is fluffy white dog with floppy ears and a red bowtie. The portrait of the black and white dog in the middle starts peeling away, slowly unveiling a disappointed artist gripping a set of paintbrushes.

Dungeons & Dragons says its illustrators can't use AI after they discovered the tech was used for work featured in an upcoming book

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Dungeons & Dragons creates fantasy role-playing games.

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