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Kandinsky painting sells for $21.2 million at Christie's auction
A painting by Wassily Kandinsky has sold for $21.2 million at a Christie's auction of Impressionist and Modern works of art in London. The auction on Tuesday brought in a hefty total of $100.4 million, but the sale lacked any major surprises. ...
Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Painting, Sculpture, Human Accomplishments, Auction Service
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Jimmy Kimmel denies he bought Bea Arthur painting [Updated]
[Updated] Jimmy Kimmel took to Twitter late Friday to deny that he was the buyer of John Currin's nude Bea Arthur painting, contradicting an earlier tweet confirming that he was. He also denied that he had given the painting to fellow comedian Jeffrey...
Tags: Social Media, Painting, Human Accomplishments, Auction Service, Arts and Culture
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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: Painting, Eli Broad, Human Accomplishments, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Auction Service
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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...
Tags: Public Officials, Hong Kong, Human Accomplishments, CNN (tv network), Politics
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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: Paul Allen, Human Accomplishments, Fine Artists, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, The Wall Street Journal
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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...
Tags: Sculpture, Fine Artists, Museums, Rentals, Arts and Culture
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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, Edvard Munch, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Alexander Calder, Auction Service
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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... -
Art review: Whitney Bedford at Susanne Vielmetter
Culture MonsterLeah Ollman reviews new paintings by Whitney Bedford at Susanne Vielmetter... -
Monster Mash: Alan Rickman's Broadway play moving to West End?
Culture MonsterAlan Rickman is said to be in talks to bring Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar" to London's West End. Steve Cohen, the billionaire financier and art collector, is joining the board of the Museum of Contemporary Art.... -
Influences: Early Morning Opera's Lars Jan
Culture MonsterLars Jan, 33, discussed his influences from Sundance, where he premiered “Abacus” before bringing it to REDCAT Feb. 2 to 4.... -
Book review: 'The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories' by Don DeLillo
Tribune criticIt's impossible not to get a sense of déjà vu reading "The Angel Esmeralda," the first book of short stories in Don DeLillo's 40-year career. The themes here are echoes — of one another, yes, but even more, of the issues that have defined DeLillo'...Tags: Literature, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Museums, Terrorism, Book
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