ART

Andy Warhol’s most enduring aphorism has it that everyone could expect 15 minutes of fame. Apparently, that doesn’t apply to any 15 minutes Warhol had a part in, because the late artist’s estate is suing an Emeryville, Calif., T-shirt firm that’s borrowing Warhol’s style without paying a licensing fee. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleges a company called Plum did not seek permission before making and selling T-shirts with a picture of a cat in the Warhol style and bearing the inscription “Andy Warhol’s Cat.” The suit seeks to “block the sale of the shirts and collect any profits.” Warhol’s name, apparently, was copyrighted in 1982 to prevent just such an occurrence, said the estate’s executor, Frederick W. Hughes.