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London rail station axes falling passenger artwork

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LONDON (AP) -- The sculpture shows a man about to fall under a subway car driven by a Grim Reaper figure....  comments (0)  | report problem


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Where Did the Optimism Go?

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During most of my 10-plus years covering Washington's art scene, gallery-goers effused excitement over the city's ever-expanding creative scene. They talked about how it was coming into its own, how the art scene was on the verge of being something. Though we'd have been hard-pressed...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Sold: Hirst auction beats £62m estimate

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The first of a three-session auction of Hirst art work out-strips a top estimate of £62.3m to pull in a total of £70.5m.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Inheritance fight imperils de Young tribal art

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An entire wing of the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum that was built to hold a peerless collection of art from Papua New Guinea could be emptied by an inheritance battle between heirs of the Annenberg publishing fortune.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Inside Art: Modern Drawings Head for Auction

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Christie’s Nov. 12 evening auction includes postwar master drawings from the collection of Richard S. Fuld Jr., the longtime chief executive of Lehman Brothers.   comments (0)  | report problem


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Damien Hirst seeks art market revolution

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AFP - Artist Damien Hirst, who broke the mould by putting sharks in formaldehyde, has turned his attention to revolutionising the art market by selling his work direct at auction.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Arts, Briefly: Sales Underwhelm at Art Auctions

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Adding to speculation about how the worldwide economic downturn will affect next month’s big auctions in New York, two sales abroad drew disappointing numbers.   comments (0)  | report problem


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Despite Concerns, Design of MLK Memorial Approved

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A powerful federal arts commission this morning approved the overall design of the planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial near the Mall, but several commission members still were critical of the mammoth sculpture of the civil rights leader that is the memorial's centerpiece. The memorial's...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



For Every Fancy, Cultural Experiences Near and Far

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ONGOING/OPEN "Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures: Architectures of Finance From the Great Depression to the Subprime Meltdown." Through Dec. 21. Compton Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. You've lived the bubble and watched your assets tank, now see the show: No institution...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Coming to Artistic Terms With a Divine Scheme

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Alexander Nagel , 43, is best known for an award-winning book on Michelangelo, and for research into Renaissance concepts of history that he conducted during a two-year stint as Andrew Mellon professor at the National Gallery's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. This...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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A Collection of Tribal Art Is Embroiled in a Modern Family Feud

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A gift of art from New Guinea that was promised to the de Young Museum in San Francisco is in dispute.   comments (0)  | report problem


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Art Review: Face to Face With Stalinist Horrors

a shared story    2 weeks 1 day 14 hours 12 minutes ago
Boris Sveshnikov’s drawings bring us face to face with the horrors of life in a Stalinist labor camp in the 1950s.   comments (0)  | report problem


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