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NYC auction house art sales continue
Associated Press WriterAuction houses on Wednesday braced for Day 2 of their fall art season amid a jittery economy that so far has produced a mix of strong prices for a number of 20th century masterpieces -- and a high percentage of unsold works. Sotheby's kicked off the...Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Edgar Degas, Mark Rothko, Financial Markets, Auction Service
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Despite gloom, NYC fall art auction sets records
Associated Press WriterThe Sotheby's auction house kicked off its annual art sale in the city this week against the backdrop of a gloomy economy that had some observers wondering whether there were any deep-pocketed buyers left to snap up paintings for tens of millions of...Tags: Sales, Corporate Officers, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Edgar Degas, New York
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California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art
Times Art CriticIn the 2008 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art, the tour de force is an animatronic sculpture by Daniel J. Martinez. It resonates in many ways. ¶ Beneath bright white fluorescent lights, Martinez has constructed a low white platform in...Tags: Bruce Nauman, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Los Angeles, Sculpture, Orange County (California)
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Art auctions to begin under economic pall
Associated PressNEW YORK — Christie's and Sotheby's kick off their annual art auctions in New York City this week against the backdrop of a gloomy economy that has some wondering whether there are any deep-pocketed buyers left to snap up paintings for tens of...Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Sales, Edgar Degas, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Auction Service
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The Panther Valley School Board can be a real scream
The German term ''angst,'' when not capitalized, is likely to come up in any discussion of existentialism. It means anxiety or emotional strife. If capitalized, ''Angst'' is a family name that means Â… well, at times, it seems to mean the same thing. In...Tags: Schuylkill County, Censorship, Freedom of the Press, Pennsylvania, Radio Industry
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Edward Dolnick's "The Forger's Spell" and "The Man Who Made Vermeers," by Jonathan Lopez
Published within three months of each other, these two wildly contrasting books about Dutch forger Han van Meegeren strikingly demonstrate that attitude indelibly shapes content. In "The Forger's Spell," Edward Dolnick spins the swashbuckling tale of...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Books and Magazines, Diseases, Howard Hughes, Emmaus
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Guns guard Damien Hirst's lamb at BCAM
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs you stroll through the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, images of guns confront you, including Andy Warhol's hip-swiveling, gun-slinging "Elvis," Chris Burden's Los Angeles policemen and the gun-brandishing fascist thugs of Leon Golub. And there are...Tags: Marcel Duchamp, Richard Serra, Los Angeles, Firearms, NASA
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MoMA offers work of Danish artist Olafur Eliasson
Special to NewsdayInsubstantial is the word that comes to mind when describing the art of Olafur Eliasson, whose infatuation with light leads him to make things that glint, glow, sparkle and ripple. His works literally lack substance - they often consist of nothing more...Tags: Long Island City, Manhattan (New York City), Brooklyn Heights, Long Island, Museum of Modern Art
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Appeals in Munch Theft Begin
An appeal of convictions and acquittals in the 2004 theft of the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna" opened in Oslo on Tuesday with the court rejecting defense demands for a postponement. The paintings -- considered priceless -- were...Tags: Punishment, Court Administration, Madonna, Theft, Crimes
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You can feel the power
Times Staff WriterIt's not often, OK never, that I leave a fashion show feeling empowered. But with Nancy Pelosi leading the House of Representatives and Hillary Rodham Clinton leading the charge to the White House, Marc Jacobs seized the moment of girl power on Monday...Tags: Book, Melrose, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Lil' Kim , Armed Forces
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Tweaks send Google critics into orbit
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShould the world's most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy? Google Inc. occasionally features light-hearted doodles on its colorful home-page logo to commemorate special occasions. But now they are drawing criticism from conservatives...Tags: Employees, Elections, Google Inc., Defense, Public Holidays
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"The Scream" may be found
Police recovered two paintings they believe are the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna," two years after masked gunmen seized the priceless artworks from an Oslo museum in a bold, daylight raid, authorities announced Thursday. Both...Tags: Madonna, Police Investigations, Death and Dying, Police
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