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Basquiat works on display at New York Sotheby's before private sale
Fans can have one last look at works by Jean-Michel Basquiat before they go on sale. More than 30 pieces -- from simple crayon on paper to sophisticated, colorful canvases -- will be on display May 2 through June 9 at Sotheby's galleries in New York....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Painting, Sports, Auction Service
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Harris: Project gets off to 'beautiful' start
The stickers are simple and, well, beautiful. Printed on reflective silver, they're cut in the size and shape of a nametag and say "you are beautiful" in bold, black print. They're the "all-encompassing" artistic statement of Chicago graphic...
Tags: Adler Planetarium, Apple iPhone, Melissa Harris, Corn Products International Incorporated, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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Basquiat book in the works to feature unseen archives, art
Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is back -- despite dying in 1988 at age 27. On the first day it was open, more than 4,000 people turned out to see a show of his work at Gagosian Gallery in New York in February. His notebooks will be exhibited at Paris'...
Tags: Google+, Arts and Culture, Nobel Prize Awards, Stephen Colbert, Arts
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Field has mulled selling artifacts
When the Field Museum sold more than 30 works of 19th-century Western art for millions of dollars in 2004, it eased controversy by announcing plans to spend the proceeds on new artifacts and by holding on to four of the best paintings from the collection....
Tags: Research, Arts, Endangered Species, John James Audubon, Education
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Napoleon's engagement ring for Josephine fetches $948,000
No trip to your local Zales or Kay Jewelers will cost as much as what someone paid over the weekend for a diamond and sapphire engagement ring that Napoleon gave to his beloved Josephine. The ring reportedly sold for 730,000 euros ($948,000) at an auction...Tags: Auction Service
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Mexico trying to stop antiquities sale at Sotheby's in Paris
Another antiquities auction has turned into another international art dispute. This time it’s the sale, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Sotheby’s in Paris, of the Barbier-Mueller Collection of Pre-Columbian art from Mexico and Central...Tags: Mexico, UNESCO, Arts, Cambodia, Museums
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Chinese bowl bought for just $3 sells for $2.2 million at auction
This post has been corrected. See below for details. An ancient Chinese bowl that dates from the Northern Song dynasty sold for $2.2 million on Tuesday at a Sotheby's auction in New York. What makes the sale particularly noteworthy is that the sellers...
Tags: China, BBC, Auction Service
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For sale, one Nobel Prize in literature: The Faulkner auction
New Yorkers got a preview Wednesday of an auction rarity: A Nobel Prize for literature. The 1950 medal belonged to William Faulkner, one of America's best-known and respected novelists. It comes with a hand-edited draft of Faulkner's acceptance speech;...
Tags: Google+, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Chinese bowl sells at Sotheby's for record $9.5 million
An 18th century Chinese bowl fetched a record $9.5 million at a Sotheby's auction. The Ruby-Ground Double-Lotus "falangcai" bowl sold Monday to Hong Kong antiques dealer William Chak after 11 bids. The price surpassed pre-sale estimates of about $9...
Tags: Lotus (music group), The Wall Street Journal, Auction Service
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Manuscript acquired by Getty prevented from leaving Britain
A valuable 15th century Flemish manuscript acquired by the J.Paul Getty Museum late last year has been placed under an export embargo by British authorities, who hope to keep the object in the United Kingdom. Britain's cultural minister Ed Vaizey has...
Tags: Arts and Culture, United Kingdom, Minivans and Vans, Museums, The Getty
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Comedian Rita Rudner has a real grabber
Rita Rudner is applying her comedic talent to the sale of her Dana Point beach house, and the result is a spot-on parody of a home marketing video. Her husband, director-writer Martin Bergman, featured the Monarch Bay home in the 2011 film "Thanks,"...
Tags: Music, Property, Dallas 2011 (tv program), Music Industry, Literature
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Patricia Heaton in 'The Middle' of home sale in Hancock Park
Actress Patricia Heaton, who stars in "The Middle," and her husband, actor David Hunt, put their home in Hancock Park up for sale at $8.295 million, and in three weeks it was in escrow. The Italianate Mediterranean-style estate was built in 1923. The...
Tags: Taylor Swift, Arts, Music Industry, David Hunt, The Middle (tv program)
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