8 February 2025
Cancel the Christie's AI Art Auction

Nicole Sales Giles & Sebastian Sanchez

Christie’s, New York

Dear Nicole and Sebastian,

We are writing to express serious concern over your upcoming auction of AI art at Christie’s.

Many of the artworks you plan to auction were created using AI models that are known to be trained on copyrighted work without a license. These models, and the companies behind them, exploit human artists, using their work without permission or payment to build commercial AI products that compete with them.

Your support of these models, and the people who use them, rewards and further incentivizes AI companies’ mass theft of human artists’ work.

We ask that, if you have any respect for human artists, you cancel the auction.

Yours sincerely,

The undersigned artists

6,509
signatures
5,661 verified
  1. Reid Southen, Concept Artist
  2. Ian Klarer, Illustrator, LOUISVILLE
  3. Sami Sadek, Saffron Walden
  4. Arturo García, Freelance artist, Independent, Santiago
  5. Marie J, Illustrator, Paris
  6. Janet Villarreal, San Nicolás
  7. Karla Ortiz, Artist, Self, San Francisco
  8. Marge Nelk, Artist, Freelancer, Tartu
  9. Luke Neumann, Filmmaker/Founder, Overlai, Oregon, USA
  10. Luigi, Designer, Self-employed, Berlin
  11. Andie, Creator
  12. Ivan Anic, Motion GFX Artist, Los Angeles
  13. Donovan Martin, n/a, n/a, irvine
  14. Ed Newton-Rex, Founder, Fairly Trained, Palo Alto
  15. BJ Timberlake, Environment Artist, Rockwall
  16. Thomas Bessestte, Author & Illustrator, Independent, Winnipeg
  17. Jennifer, Artist, Houston
  18. Christopher Olsen, Artist, Los Angeles
  19. Tore Bernhoft, Freelance artist, Oslo
  20. Tyler Dow, Artist, Van Nuys
...
5,621 more
verified signatures
  1. Alexandra, Artist, Eureka
  2. Aria Maillot, Artist, Toulouse
  3. David Cooper, Artist, Scotland
  4. Ivoc Tacchiato, 3D Sculptor, Panama
  5. Eva Joly, Creative Director, Hors-Champ Agency, Paris
  6. Aaron Seymour, Artist Designer, Saint Maur, Perth
  7. Elizabeth Murzina, Artist, Berlin
  8. Elizabeth Romanoff, Teacher, unaffiliated, El Paso
  9. Sean Abbott, editor, NYC
  10. Aroha Groves, Creative, Canberra
  11. Vic Langsam, Retired, Melbourne
  12. Lynn Baird, Artist painter, N/A, Hobart
  13. Eduard Erne, filmmaker, karisma Filmproduktion GmbH., Zürich
  14. Marine Tumelaire, Artist, Fontainebleau
  15. Inna Grinis, Art Market Economist, London
  16. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, researcher, Editions La Dondaine, Olliergues
  17. Alessia, Employee, Econocom, Milano
  18. anonymous
  19. Brian Smee, Designer/Artist, Seattle
  20. Rone Waugh, Artist, Waugh Art, Henley