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Back in 2014, Richard Prince appropriated an instagram post of Emily Ratajkowski, printed it on a large canvas and put it for sale among others of the same kind at Gagosian Gallery in New York for the price of $90,000.
Now, in an effort to re-establish “authority” over the usage of her likeness, Ratajkowski is minting an NFT featuring a different Prince “Instagram painting” of herself. Titled “Buying Myself Back: A Model for Redistribution”, it will be auctioned at Christie’s on May 14.
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