News about Miles Davis

Kat Von D was all smiles after leaving a Los Angeles courthouse on Friday after winning her copyright lawsuit over a famous Miles Davis photograph. Rene Drachenberg, the 41-year-old tattoo artist (born Katherine von Drachenberg), was seen leaving the courthouse with her father Rene Drachenberg. The jury deliberated for less than two hours before finding that Von D's tattoo based on Jeffrey Sedlik's iconic 1989 photograph of Miles Davis did not breach the photographer's copyright.

With hundreds and thousands of dots now gracing the walls of his rented home in Northamptonshire, the father of four Noj Barker has gone viral with his 'dot art'. Some, which are teen and intricate, are more substantial and psychedelic than others, who are more elaborate and fessive. 'I'm deeply in love with the colours I'm working with,' he says. I'm making 'the shades'. It can be eerily hallucinogenic. Trance-like. Almost every mind-altering activity.' While Noj's dot photos may all be a little niche, they do have a following.

More than 300 works from Dennis Hopper's archives, including an incredibly rare Polaroid photo of the late actor that was taken by Andy Warhol, are up for auction next month. As part of Julien's Auctions and TCM Present: Legends: Hollywood and Royalty, the items are on the block. Both in person and online, the festival takes place on September 6, 7 and 8. The subpoena of treasures relating to or connected to Hopper also includes a striking expressionistic painting of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, which was painted by Hopper's close friend James Dean, with whom he costarred in the 1955 classic Rebel Without A Cause.

Lady Gaga had Tony Bennett sketch of a trumpet she later had tattooed on her arm as a permanent reminder of her friendship with the legendary musician, who died on Friday at the age of 96. 'I begged Tony to bring me a trumpet, and he sketched me Miles Davis' trumpet,' the actress-singer, 37, told People in 2014. 'I had it tattooed underneath with his last name, Benedetto.' Just so that I would always remember this time together.'

According to reports, the highly toxic drug is known as 'Pyro' and is likely to be purchased on the dark web and may be produced in China. Since officers discovered the drug on the scene, police in Basildon, Essex, sent an alert. Its official name is N-pyrrolidino etonitazene, and it is up to 1,500 times more potent than morphine and can be found in pill, powder, liquid, or other forms.

At the scene of two deaths in Essex, a synthetic opioid 1,000 times more potent than morphine was discovered. After police discovered the presence of etonitazene, a man and a woman in their 40s in Basildon gave an alert. Pyro, the street name, can be more potent than fentanyl, another lethal drug that is 50 times more potent than heroin.

The Book of the Week, Claire Dederer's Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, asks if artists stand accused of doing or saying of doing or saying something awful, are we allowed to carry on enjoying their art?

Ahmad Jamal, a master jazz pianist, died on Sunday at the age of 92 after fighting prostate cancer battles. Sumayah, his daughter, revealed that Jamal died in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, which was confirmed by his body. Ahmad's six decades as a composer and bandleader made him a pillar of jazz culture, earning him the adoration of genre icons such as Miles Davis.

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