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Topless Beatrice Arthur painting part of record $495-million auction
Did it come with a card attached that says, "Thank you for being a friend"? A 1991 painting depicting a topless Bea Arthur that was created by artist John Currin has sold at an auction Wednesday for $1.9 million. The sale was part of a larger Christie's...Tags: Human Accomplishments, Eli Broad, Painting, Arts and Culture, Auction Service
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Christie's contemporary sale is biggest auction in history
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The spring auctions ended on a record-shattering high on Wednesday as Christie's contemporary art sale achieved the highest total - $495 million - in the history of art auctions. Artists' records fell one after another, led by...Tags: Arts and Culture, Paul Allen, Auction Service, Microsoft Corporation, Christie's International Plc
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Giant 'Rubber Duck' deflates in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor
A popular art installation in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor is no longer making waves. A 54-foot rubber duck, designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, started deflating Tuesday, and by Wednesday, the piece looked like a flattened yellow pancake bobbing...
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Artworks by Barnett Newman and Gerhard Richter set auction records
A painting by Barnett Newman set an artist record at auction on Tuesday, selling for $43.8 million in New York. Sotheby's had expected "Onement VI," an abstract work in dark blue, to go for between $30 million and $40 million. The sale was part of a...
Tags: Human Accomplishments, Arts and Culture, Auction Service, Microsoft Corporation, Paul Allen
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Richter painting breaks record for living artist at N.Y. auction
ReutersBy Chris Michaud NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - A 1968 oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for some $37 million at Sotheby's contemporary art auction on Tuesday, a new record for a work by a living artist. The sale took in $293,587,000,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Painting, Microsoft Corporation, Paul Allen, Auction Service
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Cologne
ReutersCOLOGNE (Reuters) - Famed for its yearly carnival celebrations, there is more to Cologne than silly costumes and soccer's Lukas Podolski. Have a closer look at Cologne, or Koln, as it's called in German. It is a hub of European high-speed train travel....Tags: Arts and Culture, Dining and Drinking, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Arable Farming
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Richard Jackson wants to make you feel uncomfortable
The sculpture of a giant black Labrador outside the Orange County Museum of Art looks friendly, nose to the sky and tail up. But with a hind leg cocked, "Bad Dog" is designed to spray gallons of yellow paint through a powerful gear pump onto the museum...
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Claire Ashley's paintings misbehave
It isn't often a painting makes you want to bounce against it. Or crawl under it, swing it over your shoulder, parade around with it, hug and squeeze it tight, or lay your head to rest on it. This isn't akin to wanting to enter the seamy, tinted world...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Cultural Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Culture, Arts
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Around Town: Marilyn, Lucy and Kristy McNichol hit the big screen
24 FramesThe Los Angeles County Museum of Art is presenting a two-day retrospective, "Grand Designs: Mid-Century Life in the Movie," at the Leo S. Bing Theater, in conjunction with the closing weekend of the exhibition, "California Design 1930-1965: Living in a... -
Mark Rothko painting sells for $87 million at auction
An oil painting by Mark Rothko sold for $86.9 million at a Christie's auction in New York on Tuesday, setting a record for the abstract expressionist painter. Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow," which dates from 1961, was being sold by the estate of David...
Tags: Painting, Arts and Culture, Auction Service, Edvard Munch, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated
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2012 Newport Beach Film Festival award winners
Here is the official list of award winners for this year's Newport Beach Film Festival, which wrapped up May 3 after screening some 450 films from 50 countries: * Jury Awards Best Feature Film: "Apartment In Athens" Best Actor: Gerasimos Skiadaresis...Tags: Arts and Culture, Vicente Fernandez, Music, Athens (Greece), Awards and Prizes
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Art review: Whitney Bedford at Susanne Vielmetter
Culture MonsterLeah Ollman reviews new paintings by Whitney Bedford at Susanne Vielmetter...
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