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Beyond the Scream: May Auction Highlights

MutualArt | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: London, Modern Art, Art Auctions, Hong Kong, Art Auction Records, Contemporary Art, Christie's, Sotheby's, New York Art, Impressionism, Arts News
MutualArt

This record-breaking month of May closes the strongest annual Spring auction season since the 2008 recession started. The art market has bounced back strongly as the world's super rich seek blue-chip artists, particularly seduced by modern and contemporary works.

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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

Read More: International Art, Fernando Botero, Botero, Sotheby's, Auction, Christies, Arts News
ARTINFO

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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Art and Money

Sugar Rautbord | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Art Collecting, Fine Art, Art and Money, Art Auctions, Roman Abramovich, Contemporary Art, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Sotheby's, Art Collectors, Money News
Sugar Rautbord

The numbers are in. The prices of blue-chip art are bigger than they have ever been at a time when whole countries have contemplated fiscal bankruptcy and currency devaluation. Fine art is a art is a global currency less volatile than the euro, dollar or drachma... or Facebook stock.

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Rivera Work Poised To Set New Auction Record In NY

AP | SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Video, Diego Rivera Paintings, Diego Rivera Juanita Rosas, Diego Rivera, Diego Rivera Auction, Girl in Blue and White, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Latin American Art Auction, New York, Arts News

NEW YORK — Mexican artist Diego Rivera's 1939 oil painting "Girl in Blue and White" is headlining Sotheby's Latin American art auction in New Yo...

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Hotel To Give Away Original Warhol (If You Can Figure Out Which It Is)

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Which Warhol Is Warhol, Video, Art Series Hotels Melbourne, Australia, Sotheby's, Banksy, Art Series Hotel Promotion, Arts News

Last night Andy Warhol's "Double Elvis" sold for $37 million at auction. For those of you disappointed that you couldn't get your hands on it, one Aus...

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For Whom the Munch Screams? It Screams for Thee

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Edvard Munch, Contemporary Art, The Scream, Ai Weiwei, Sotheby's, China Earthquake, The Scream Auction, Chinese Earthquake, Chen Guangcheng, Arts News
Edward Goldman

There were two stories that made the front-page news last week. One had to do with art and an obscene amount of money. The other was a story about the shameful treatment by the Chinese authorities of political dissident Chen Guangcheng.

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Matt Sledge

In Wake Of $120 Million 'Scream' Sale, Union Intensifies Criticism Of Art Handlers' Lockout

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: The Scream, Teamsters Local 817, Art Fag City, Occupy Wall Street, The Scream Sotheby's, The Scream Auction, Jerry Saltz, Art Handlers Lockout, Sotheby's, Paddy Johnson, Sothebys the Scream, The Scream Sale, Business News

NEW YORK -- On Wednesday, Sotheby's set a record: a pastel version of Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" sold for a record $119.9 million, th...

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Will 'The Scream' Set A World Record Tonight?

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Scream Auction, The Scream, Scream Painting, The Scream Edvard Munch, The Scream Painting Auction, Scream Painting Auction, Edvard Munch the Scream Auction, Edvard Munch, Edvard Munchs Painting the Scream, Sotheby's, Video, Art, Edvard Munch the Scream, The Scream Auction Results, The Scream Painting, The Scream Auction, Sothebys the Scream, The Scream Auction Liveblog, Culture News

Edvard Munch's iconic work, "The Scream," broke a world record tonight, becoming the most expensive artwork sold in an auction. Estimates for the s...

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Art Investments Beat Stocks, Real Estate Over Last Decade (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: 1 Percent, The Scream, Video, Art Investment, artvest.com, Stock Market Volatility, Edvard Munch, Art Market, World War II, Picasso, Sotheby's, Cnnmoney, Business News

Sick of losing your money in a volatile stock market? Start buying art instead. That’s been the strategy of the world’s wealthiest investor...

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Munch's 'The Scream' at Sotheby's: Who Will Buy It? For How Much? (VIDEO)

Lee Rosenbaum | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Edvard Munch, Sotheby's, Munch Scream Auction, Munch Scream Sotheby's, The Scream Painting, Art Auctions, Munch Scream, Video, Arts News
Lee Rosenbaum

One of four versions of Edvard Munch's iconic "The Scream" is in New York for a brief visit, but only a tiny fraction of the interested public here will get the chance to see it. The art-history touchstone and popular-culture legend is to be sold Wednesday.

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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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400-Year-Old Diamond For Sale

AP | THOMAS ADAMSON | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Beau Sancy, Diamonds, India, Oldest, Video, Geneva, Queen Marie De Medici, Expensive, Auction, Millions, Sotheby's, Paris, Golconda, Arts News

PARIS — The 400-year-old "Beau Sancy," one of the world's oldest and most storied diamonds in private hands, is up for sale at Sotheby's auction...

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Dali's Big Sale At Sotheby's

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Printemps Necrophilique, Art Auction, Video, Art Value, Salvador Dali Auction, Art and Money, Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Surrealism, Sotheby's, Max Ernst, Arts News

Salvador Dali's surrealist dreamscapes inspired the imaginations of millions; now it looks like the artist's wildest dreams are about to become a real...

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Would You Pay $26.7 Million For This Tiny Dish?

Newser | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Song Dyanasty, Chinese Song Dynasty, Song Dynasty Auction, Song Dynasty Ceramic, Sotheby's Hong Kong, Ruyao Washer Sold for $27 Million, Song-Dynasty-Ceramic-Auction, Sotheby's, Ruyao Washer, Ruyao Dish Auctioned for $27 Million, Ruyao Dish Sold for $27 Million, Ruyao Dish, Hong Kong Auction, Ruyao Dish Auction, Sotheby's Auction, Song Dynasty Ceramics, Weird News News

A 900-year-old ceramic dish dating back to China's Song dynasty has sold for $26.7 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong. Only about 70 "Ru" ...

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Keith Haring Work Gets VIP Sale

AP | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Keith Haring Art, Sotheby's Auction House, Art, Brooklyn Museum, Public Art, AIDs Epidemic, Sotheby's Auction, Contemporary Art, Keith Haring, Sotheby's, Aids, Keith Haring Artwork, Arts News

NEW YORK -- Sotheby's is holding an exhibition in New York of 32 artworks by the late pop artist Keith Haring. Most of the art is available for privat...

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Small Builder Finds a Lucrative Niche in D.C. Real Estate

Melissa Terzis | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Homebuilders, Homebuilding, Homebuyers, Real Estate, Sotheby's, Montgomery County Maryland, Real Estate Development, DC News
Melissa Terzis

A bottleneck of vehicles crowds a builder sales office on opening day. There are over 30 names a week added to a waiting list for a seven-lot subdivis...

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Lost De Lempicka Work Could Fetch Big Bucks

www.galleristny.com | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Sotheby's Auction, Milan, Milan-Italy, Bottega Di Poesia, Sotheby's, Tamara De Lempicka, Arts News

A lost painting by artist Tamara de Lempicka, Nu adossé I, has been rediscovered and will appear on the auction block at Sotheby's Impressionist and ...

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Chelsea Man Found Murdered, Bound And Gagged

Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Murder, New York Crime, Nypd, Chelsea New York, Ny News, New York News, NY Crime, John Laubach, Sothebys, New York News

A 57-year-old man was found murdered, bound and gagged inside his Chelsea apartment Friday evening. Businessman John Laubach was discovered by a frien...

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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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NYC Art Sale To Feature Munch's 'The Scream'

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: The Scream, Edward Munch, Art Auctions, Hvitsten, Impressionism, Norway, Petter Olsen, Edvard Munch, Simon Shaw, Sotheby's, Arts News

NEW YORK — One of four versions of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby's auction house announc...

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Jean-Michel Basquiat's Secret Signature

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Black History Month, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Signatures, Orange Sports Figure, Hidden Signature, Basquiat, Sotheby's, Arts News

LONDON — Thirty years ago, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat secretly signed one of his paintings in invisible ink, says Sotheby's auction house, whic...

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You'll Never Guess How Much This Needlework Costs!

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Rare Needlework, Video, Sotheby's New York, Mary Antrim Needlework Sampler, Mary Antrim, Needlework, Needlework Sampler Auction, Sotheby's, Needlework Sampler, Arts News

The New York Times noticed that a New Jersey schoolgirl's piece of embroidery netted quite the tidy sum over the weekend at Sotheby's in New York. ...

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Early 'Birds Of America' Edition Goes For Millions

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Audubon, Birds of America Sotheby's, Sotheby's, John James Audubon Birds of America, John James Audubon, Birds of America Auction, The Birds of America, Culture News

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

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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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