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Is New York Still a Home for Artists? Or My Home... So to Speak?

Kalup Linzy | Posted 05.28.2012

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Kalup Linzy

Unlike my early days in New York, I no longer roam the boroughs attending opening after opening, party after party, all night conversations in some random artist loft/apartment/space (the after after party). It sounds great because it was great. It was also more distracting than inspiring.

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"I've Never Seen Anything Like It": Experts Weigh in on the International Appeal of Fernando Botero

ARTINFO | Posted 05.28.2012

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When Fernando Botero had his first solo exhibition, in 1951 at the small Leo Matiz Gallery, in Bogotá, his work was so heterogeneous that visitors in...

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Pianists Belongings Go For $4.3 Million

AP | Posted 05.18.2012

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NEW YORK — Art, jewelry and furnishings collected by the pianist Van Cliburn has fetched over $4.3 million at an auction in New York City. Chri...

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Klein And Rothko Sell For Millions At Christie's

AP | Posted 05.09.2012

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NEW YORK — An iconic painting by French artist Yves Klein created with water, a blowtorch and two models has sold at a New York City auction for...

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Rare Cezanne Painting Fetches Over $19 Million At Auction

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Watercolor Painting, Video, Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Card Player, Christie's, Paul Cezanne, Heinz Eichenwald, Courtauld Gallery, Card Players, Paulin Paulet, Arts News

NEW YORK — A rare watercolor study by Paul Cezanne believed lost for nearly 60 years fetched over $19 million at a New York City auction on Tues...

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How Much Would You Pay For A Painting?

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Fire and Color 1, Art Auction, Jackson Pollock, Video, Art and Money, Christie's Auction, Postwar Art, Yves Klein, Slidewide, Klein Blue, Christies, Dangerous Painting, Arts News

Yves Klein stunned the art world with his monochromatic pieces at the nexus of minimalism and performance art, where his signature International Klein...

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Because an Artist Says So

Daniel Grant | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: William Eggleston, Christie's, Jonathan Sobel, Cady Noland, Sotheby's, Marc Jancou, Art Disputes, Ny Art, Arts News
Daniel Grant

There are at present two lawsuits by collectors against the artists whose work they have collected, which is unusual in itself, but what may be more unusual is that both legal actions result from decisions the artists made that adversely affected these buyers financially.

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LOOK: Christie's Green Auction Party

Posted 04.12.2012

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Christie's auction house hosted their third annual Green Auction party on Wednesday where guests including Lauren Bush, Graydon Carter, and Glenn Clos...

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Do New Limited Editions of Older Images Violate the Spirit of Print Disclosure Laws?

Daniel Grant | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: William Eggleston, Christie's, Eggleston Artistic Trust, Howard Read, Josh Holdeman, Limited Editions, William Eggleston Photography, Photography, Artistic Prints, Arts News
Daniel Grant

Is there a moral hazard of artists creating separate limited editions of the same image?

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LOOK: Rare Cezanne Watercolor Study Is For Sale

Posted 03.28.2012

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A rare watercolor study by the French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne will be auctioned at Christie's in New York soon. For over sixty years, ...

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Rare Cezanne Watercolor Study Coming To NY Auction

AP | Posted 05.27.2012

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NEW YORK — A rare watercolor study by Paul Cezanne believed lost and last seen in 1953 will be auctioned in New York City where it's expected to...

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Philanthropist's Jewelry Auction Expected To Raise $20 Million For Charity

AP | Posted 03.21.2012

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GENEVA -- Auction house Christie's says it expects to raise more than $20 million for charity selling the jewelry collection of philanthropist Lily Sa...

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Are Sales of African American Art Picking Up or in Decline?

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Swann Galleries, Elizabeth Catlett, African-American Art, Robert Duncanson, Leslie Hindman, Benny Andrews, Christie's, Michael Rosenfeld, Hughie Lee-Smith, Sotheby's, Linda Johnson Rice, June Kelly, Arts News
Daniel Grant

The fate of sales devoted to African American artists, such as those at Swann and Leslie Hindman, may become unnecessary as more auction houses include these artists in their American art sales.

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'The Scream' And Other Shockingly Expensive Works Of Art

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Nude Green Leaves and Bust, The Card Players, Expressionism, The Scream, Art, Norway, Pablo Picasso, Art Market, Edvard Munch, Christie's, Paul Cezanne, Qatar, Sotheby's, Business News

With an estimated price tag of more than $80 million, some may gawk right back at Edvard Munch's "The Scream," the iconic painting to be auctioned in ...

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Liz Taylor Items Go For Hundreds Of Millions

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

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LONDON — Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor have sold for more than $183 million, with all of the more than ...

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Christie's Sells 3 Top Works From Liz Taylor's Art Collection

AP | Posted 04.08.2012

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LONDON — Three top works from the late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor's art collection have sold at a London auction for nearly 14 million poun...

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Resale Royalties Are Roiling the Art Market in the U.K. and California

Daniel Grant | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Christopher Battiscomb, Anthony Caro, Design and Artists Copyright Society, Chuck Close, Mark Grotjahn, Artists' Resale Royalties, David Hockney, Herb Kohl, Christie's, Ebay, Sotheby's, Jerrold Nadler, Arts News
Daniel Grant

In the past 15 months, several lawsuits by artists have been filed against collectors, art galleries and auctioneers Christie's, Sotheby's and even eBay, for failing to pay a percentage of the profits, referred to as royalties, when artworks are sold in California on the secondary market.

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Elizabeth Taylor's Art Collection Is Hitting The Auction Block

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.17.2012

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LONDON — A Vincent van Gogh landscape and other paintings from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor are up for auction in London next month. Chri...

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Ridiculously Expensive Book To Be Auctioned In NYC

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 01.04.2012

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NEW YORK -- A rare first edition of John James Audubon's sumptuously illustrated "The Birds of America," depicting more than 400 life-size North Ameri...

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Who's At The Top Of The World's Art Market?

Posted 12.28.2011

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Gerhard Richter is at the head of a changing art market. The German artist, known for his ability to cover a range of styles, from the abstract to the...

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Elizabeth Taylor's Jewels Sell For Big Bucks

AP | Posted 02.12.2012

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NEW YORK — An Andy Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor sold for over $662,000 at auction in New York. The painting was included in Christie's a...

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PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor's Jewelry Up For Auction Dec. 13

Posted 12.09.2011

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Elizabeth Taylor once said, "I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it." On December ...

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What To Do This Weekend In New York

The Huffington Post | Inae Oh | Posted 12.03.2011

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Gowanus Winter Festival Where: Build It Green Warehouse, 69 9th Street, Brooklyn; (718) 541-4378 When: Saturday, 6:30PM Price: $15-$60 The beleagu...

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Botero Sculpture Fetches $1.7M In NY

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

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NEW YORK -- Fernando Botero's monumental bronze "Dancers" fetched over $1.7 million dollars at a New York auction, setting a new record for a sculptur...

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Long Lost Painting Found In Beach House Could Fetch Thousands

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 11.15.2011

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LONDON -- A long-lost Victorian painting that hung in a family's unlocked New England beach house for half a century could fetch 500,000 pounds ($800,...

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