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Nearly 6,500 artists demanded in an open missive that fine prowess auction household Christie ’s cancel its first showdedicated alone to works created with AI . Yet , the show , Augmented Intelligence , went on — andreportedly surpass anticipation .
According to Christie ’s , the show brought in more than $ 700,000 , with many rafts get hold of beyond their high estimates . The top sale was Refik Anadol ’s “ Machine Hallucinations — ISS Dreams — A , ” a dynamic painting that algorithmically reimagines data from the International Space Station and satellites . It get $ 277,200 .
Christie ’s VP and director of digital art sales event , Nicole Sales Giles , toldArtnet that the show ’s success “ confirmed ” that collectors recognize “ creative voices drive the boundaries of art . ”
Many artists do n’t find that way .
In theaforementioned letter , the undersigned accused Christie ’s of sport artwork created using AI models “ love to be direct on copyright work ” without a permission that “ exploit ” human artists — using their employment without permit to build products that compete with them .
