The auction of contemporary and post-war art at Christie’s in New York’s Rockefeller Centre has totalled $495 million, the highest sales figure at any art auction. Record prices were set for 12 contemporary artists that included American abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock, pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and neo-expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. One...
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$495 million: the new contemporary art auction record at Christie’s
Major Torres-García discovery highlights Sotheby’s Latin American art sale in …
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys spring sale of Latin American Art in New York on 28 and 29 May 2013 will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents most important artists. This season the auction has a particularly strong selection of 19th-century landscape paintings and 20th-century Surrealism. The sale follows...
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Kathia St. Hilaire, Florida Art Student, Wins $20000 Car (VIDEO)
Kathia St. Hilaire is one lucky teen. In the video above, the senior at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida got a huge surprise when she was awarded a brand-new Kia Soul. The prize came from College Drive, an organization that gifts a car to “a graduating senior passionate...
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Bea Arthur’s Topless Painting Reaches Nearly $2M at Christie’s Auction
A portrait of naked Arthur which was made by John Currin in 1991 is sold to an anonymous bidder at $1.9 million. A painting of Bea Arthur in her birthday suit was sold as much as $1.9 million on Wednesday, May 15 in a Christie’s auction, New York Post reported. Artist John Currin made...
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Leonardo DiCaprio art auction brings in big bucks
Christie’s and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation are delighted with the results of the 11th Hour Auction, which totaled nearly $39 million. Actor Bradley Cooper arrives at the 11th Hour auction at Christie’s in New York on May 13.(Photo: Emmanuel Dunand, AFP/Getty Images) Star pals including Bradley Cooper and Salma Hayek were on hand for...
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A topless painting of Bea Arthur fetches a jaw-dropping $1.9 million at …
Enlarge Photo This Dec. 9, 2008 file photo shows actress Bea Arthur arriving at … more Facebook Follow @washtimes A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. The painting is by artist John Currin and is titled “Bea Arthur Naked.” It sold at Christie’s auction of postwar and contemporary...
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