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

3,608
signatures
3,119 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
...
3,079 more
verified signatures
  1. Mariel, Freelance Artist, N/A, Philippines
  2. Elitsa Nedyalkova, animator, Bristol UK
  3. Peter Lazarski, Creative Director, Imaginary Monsters, Rochester
  4. Martha Claire Knox, Words On Woodcuts Press, Philadelphia
  5. Sean Cason, Engineer/Artist, Centreville
  6. Guy, Artist, Birmingham
  7. Thorn H, Artist/warehouse associate, Covington
  8. Joanne Carnell, Senior Lecturer, Bath Spa University, Bath
  9. Toby Hall
  10. Christine Carbo, Freelance Artist
  11. Teresa Knezek, Artist, Fairbanks, AK
  12. Laura carelli, Restyler, Genova
  13. Alan Folger, Artist, Simpsonville
  14. Evan Winston, Illustrator - Developer, San Francisco
  15. Thananan Pipatchalalai, Artist, -, Bangkok
  16. Mary OMalley, Artist, Ameris Enterprises, Morgan Hill, ca
  17. Viktoria, Student, Independent, Vancouver
  18. Priscilla, Creator, Massachusetts
  19. Charlie MacRae-Tod, Actor, Trench films, Devon
  20. R ENDEAN, Software Developer, unemployed, England