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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: The New York Times, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Auction Service, Gerhard Richter, Arts
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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: Auction Service, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Mark Rothko, Arts and Culture, Christie's International Plc
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Basquiat work sells in NY for record $48.8M; Lichtenstein, Pollock also fetch top prices
NEW YORK (AP) — A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie's says "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million on...Tags: Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Human Accomplishments
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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: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Auction Service, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Gerhard Richter, Arts
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Syria portrait master finds new audience
REYHANLI, Turkey — On the second floor of a nursery school in a Turkish border town, artist Nader Haj Kadour preferred talking about painting butterflies than painting Syrian President Bashar Assad. The classically trained Syrian artist pointed to...
Tags: Turkey, Political Corruption, Arts and Culture, Bashar Assad, Armed Forces
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Calligraphic wonders at the Newberry
Think calligraphy is simply that swirling script on nice wedding invitations? Think, again — then check out the Newberry Library's newest exhibit, "Exploration 2013." -------------------- This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal,...
Tags: Arts, Libraries, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Artists
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'Public' pianos to enliven city's gathering places
Some time ago Lee Feldman, Fort Lauderdale's city manager, was visiting Denver. He saw a piano. Outdoors. "In a public realm," as he put it. That's why last Saturday there were five upright pianos sitting on the sidewalk – first in FATVillage and...Tags: Craigslist, Inc., Arts and Culture, Fort Lauderdale, Greenwich Village, Fine Artists
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Review: "Daily Rituals" by Mason Currey
I'm working too much at my art, seven hours a day with a break for lunch and a nap. I'm working too little at my art, seven hours a day with a break for lunch and a nap. -------------------- This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered...
Tags: Music Industry, Manhattan (New York City), Paris (France), Charles Darwin, Long Island
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'Word Jazz' pioneer Ken Nordine's career gets a closer look at film festival
Chicago's Oldest Living Hipster lives in Edgewater, on the North Side. He is 92 but looks 83. He lives behind a wrought-iron fence, surrounded on all sides by the drabbest of stone-colored apartment complexes. His home is a small castle, built a...
Tags: Film Festivals, Poetry, Entertainment, Radio, Chicago International Film Festival
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Bulls blown out in playoff opener
NEW YORK — If the Bulls are going to win their best-of-seven, first-round series against the Nets, they're going to have to follow the lead of Joakim Noah. You know, block out the pain and try to battle through. On a Saturday where Noah...
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Thomas Demand: A journey in great demand
Special to the TribuneJohn Lautner believed that "architecture should be really odd." To this end the midcentury American architect dotted Southern California with a concrete, glass and copper volcano for Bob Hope's second home, a dwelling that looks like a UFO perched on a...Tags: Chicago Tribune, World War I (1914-1918), Germany, Frank Gehry, Arts
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Exclusive: Robert De Niro to examine his father's life in HBO doc
In “Silver Linings Playbook,” Robert De Niro won plaudits for playing a complicated father. Now he’ll spend some time exploring his own. In a new documentary from director Perri Peltz (”The Education of Dee Dee Ricks”), De...
Tags: TriBeCa Film Festival, Arts, Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture, Film Festivals
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