The New York State Supreme Court issued a ruling in favor of Pryor Cashman client Pat Lipsky in a suit against Spanierman Gallery. Lipsky, an American painter known for Lyrical Abstraction and Color Field Painting, filed the suit in response to the use of an altered digital image of her 1969 work Bright Music II. 

According to Reuters'  coverage of the news:

Lipsky counsel William Charron of Pryor Cashman said the decision will be significant as art shows and sales move online and digital images of artists' work become more prevalent. "This ruling should help artists to protect their legacies and reputations, particularly in this pandemic-induced time of virtual art exhibitions and fairs," Charron said in an email statement.

Here is an excerpt from The Art Newspaper:

According to Megan E. Noh, partner of Pryor Cashman, the law firm that represented Lipsky, Artspace was dismissed from the lawsuit after agreeing to a settlement, but no one from the Spanierman Gallery ever responded to the lawsuit or appeared in court. "What is interesting about the decision," she said, is how the judge in the case, Erika M. Edwards "took pains to sympathise with the artist's plight" in her ruling.

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