In a controversial ruling this summer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit dismissed some charges against a man who allegedly used an AI image generator to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM), holding that such material is protected by the First Amendment. Citing two US Supreme Court decision from 1969 and 2002, the three-judge panel ruled that the First Amendment protects a person's right to privately possess images or videos of child sexual abuse, if the material does not depict a real person and remains in the home. Now some photographers are reacting.

  Sunday, October 4; Basquiat | The Blue Ribbon Paintings and the Art of Reproduction at Princeton Jean-Michel Basquiat’s urgent, visceral brushwork has long been celebrated for its raw street poetry, but a major upcoming exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum promises to fundamentally reframe how we view his studio practice. Basquiat, the Blue Ribbon Paintings, and the Art of Reproduction shifts the lens away from pure expressive spontaneity to d...