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Plus, Hoor Al Qasimi will lead the next Aichi Triennale and a copyright case regarding Nirvana merch art heads to the U.K.

In this feature from Highsnobiety Magazine, we chart the history of one of the holiest grails of band merch: the Nirvana T-shirt.

A district judge had dismissed a lawsuit accusing Nirvana of infringing the copyright in an illustration of Dante’s ‘Upper Hell’, after determining that the appropriate forum to litigate the copyright complaint brought by a British individual, is the UK.

Rolling Stone Nirvana Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Use of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ Illustration Granddaughter of C.W. Scott-Giles claims band has been using a 1949 diagram her grandfather drew of Upper Hell since 1989 By Paul Bergen/Redferns/Getty Images Nirvana has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly using a C.W. Scott-Giles illustration from a 1949 English translation of Dante’s Inferno on merchandise sold around the world. The suit, obtaine...

C.W. Scott-Giles illustration from a 1949 English translation of Inferno. It was filed by Jocelyn Susan Bundy, the granddaughter of Scott-Giles, who Rolling Stone identifies as the “sole surviving relative and sole successor-in-title to the copyright in the works created by her late grandfather.” The drawing in question is a diagram of Upper Hell — the first five circles Dante ventures through in the Inferno with his guide, the Roman poet Virgil. Scott-Giles drew this piece and nine oth...

Nirvana Are Being Sued for Their Improper Use of Upper Hell The band have been hit with a copyright lawsuit over using an image for decades without proper consent Published May 04, 2021 Despite Nirvana not being a band for decades, they are now being hit with a new copyright infringement lawsuit. According to the suit, Nirvana have allegedly been using a C.W. Scott-Giles illustration from a 1949 English translation of Dantes Inferno on various merch without proper permission to do so. The la...