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Andy Warhol's 'Double Elvis' brings in $37 million at auction
A version of Andy Warhol's "Double Elvis" that has ties to Los Angeles brought in $37 million at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday in New York. The silkscreen work, which depicts Presley in a cowboy pose, was offered for sale by an unidentified American...
Tags: Roy Lichtenstein, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Auction Service, Andy Warhol, Edvard Munch
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Worthy Canadian initiative
The Baltimore SunCanadian journalist Jonathan Kay quotes Joseph Bottum on cranks: "There are three infallible signs of the crank. ... The first is that he has theory about the Jews. The second is that he has a theory about money. And the third is that he has a theory...Tags: John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Politics, Government, Vaccines, National Government
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BeefTalk: Like begets like
The bull-buying season is upon us and all cow-calf producers need bulls. The Dickinson Research Extension Center also buys bulls annually. It is a fun process. However, anyone who has ever set out to buy a bull realizes the mission is not always...Tags: Health, Human Body, Genes and Chromosomes, Human Body
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Steve Cohen, billionaire financier and art collector, joins MOCA board
Culture MonsterSteven A. Cohen, the billionaire who is in contention for the L.A. Dodgers baseball team, has been elected to the MOCA board of trustees.... -
Francis Bacon, Gerhard Richter works bring in millions at auction
Culture MonsterA painting by Francis Bacon brought in $33.2 million at a Christie's auction this week. A Gerhard Richter painting sold for for approximately $15.6 million.... -
Edvard Munch's 'Scream' headed for auction at Sotheby's
Culture MonsterA version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is expected to bring in $80 million or more at a Sotheby's auction in New York. The sale, which was announced this week and is scheduled for May, will feature a version of the famous image created by the... -
Gunter Sachs' art collection heading to auction
Culture MonsterA trove of modern art owned by the late Gunter Sachs, the multi-millionaire European industrialist and playboy, will hit the auction block in May and is expected to bring in more than $31 million, according to Sotheby's.... -
Andy Warhol's Elvis Presley painting could sell for $50 million
Culture MonsterAndy Warhol would have another headline for his scrapbook. The prince of pop art’s portrait of Elvis Presley is set for the Sotheby's auction block and is expected to fetch $30 million to $50 million.... -
Patt Morrison Asks: Canon lawyer, Bert Fields
![Who wrote Shakespeare? Sounds like "Who's buried in Grant's tomb?" Yet about 150 years ago, people on both sides of the Atlantic began asking how an otherwise obscure William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon could have crafted the most brilliant works in the English language. Most scholars regard this as an annoying sideshow; and only more annoying now that the film "Anonymous" has been released, purporting that Shakespeare was just a front for the pen and brain of the Earl of Oxford.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-10/65733134-28172324.gif "Who wrote Shakespeare? Sounds like "Who's buried in Grant's tomb?\" Yet about 150 years ago, people on both sides of the Atlantic began asking how an otherwise obscure William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon could have crafted the most brilliant works in the English language. Most scholars regard this as an annoying sideshow; and only more annoying now that the film \"Anonymous\" has been released, purporting that Shakespeare was just a front for the pen and brain of the Earl of Oxford.")
Who wrote Shakespeare? Sounds like "Who's buried in Grant's tomb?" Yet about 150 years ago, people on both sides of the Atlantic began asking how an otherwise obscure William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon could have crafted the most brilliant works...Tags: Judges, Washington, DC, Roland Emmerich, Fraud, Oliver Stone
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in London for bargain-hunters
Reuters(Reuters Life!) - If you think London is the kind of luxury destination that will empty your wallet in seconds, then you'll be delighted to know that you don't have to be a billionaire to enjoy the best of the British capital. This city is also a jewel...Tags: Mark Rothko, Restaurants, Newington, Cheshire, Bars and Clubs
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Book Review: 'The Art of Cruelty'
Los Angeles TimesThe Art of Cruelty A Reckoning Maggie Nelson W.W. Norton: 304 pp., $24.95 From a movie billboard in her Los Angeles neighborhood to the Italian Futurists, Maggie Nelson swings her lively gaze across a century's worth of art and culture in "The Art...Tags: Carnegie Hall, John Cage, Stephen Colbert, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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