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Man admits NY piece of bicoastal art-theft spree
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AP - A wine steward who plucked artwork off hotel and gallery walls in a bicoastal spree admitted Tuesday to stealing a $350,000 drawing in New York, resolving charges here after serving jail time in California. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:37:04 GMT Internet titan Peter Norton sells more of art collection (Reuters) Reuters - Works by Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha and Roy Lichtenstein are among Post-War and Contemporary art that will be sold by Christie's at an auction next month that will also feature 45 works from the collection of Silicon Valley pioneer Peter Norton. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:44 GMT St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion (Reuters) Reuters - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:50:43 GMT Top auction houses to put art market rally to test (Reuters) Reuters - Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:50:08 GMT A Minute With: Street artist Mark Jenkins (Reuters) Reuters - American street artist Mark Jenkins's human sculptures staged in provocative poses in the middle of cities have proved so uncannily life-like they have sparked calls from passersby to the ambulance service or the police. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:03:51 GMT Christie's 2011 art sales hit record (Reuters) Reuters - Christie's shrugged off the euro zone crisis and slowing economic growth in 2011 to post record revenues, selling art worth 3.6 billion pounds, or nine percent more than in 2010. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:55:03 GMT Legend, Kennedy Center program honor Marvin Gaye (AP)
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:46:22 GMT Barter system part of appeal for Brussels art show (Reuters) Reuters - In the history of currency, earplugs have, unsurprisingly, never been widely used or accepted. So when a man offered Belgian artist Delphine Boël 10,000 earplugs for her print "The Source of Identity" at the Truc Troc contemporary art exhibit in 2006, her reaction was, "God, he's crazy." Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:50:02 GMT Old Masters auctions total more than $120 million (Reuters) Reuters - Old Masters paintings brought in more than $120 million at auction sales this week, with several works selling for more than $5 million each and records set for some artists. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:25 GMT NY art dealer charged in $4M fraud (AP) AP - A New York art dealer has been charged in a $4 million fraud for selling works by Picasso, Matisse and others without informing the owner or giving him the proceeds. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:28:07 GMT |
