The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether a photographer can proceed with copyright-infringement claims against a series of Andy Warhol paintings of Prince, a closely watched appeal in the art world.

The justices said Monday they would hear an appeal by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which was created after the artist’s death in 1987 and has been locked in a yearslong copyright battle with photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

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