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VIDEO: Asian art attracts investors

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The uncertainty in global stock markets is prompting Asian investors to look for new opportunities, with works of art becoming increasingly popular. 



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Records tumble at Christie's art sale

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LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's on Tuesday kicked off a fortnight of major London art sales with a bang, hitting or exceeding the most optimistic pre-sale expectations and extending 2011's record-breaking run into the new year.  



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ArtsBeat: Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron to Design Serpentine Pavilion

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The Serpentine Gallery in London announced on Tuesday that the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron and the artist Ai Weiwei -- the brain trust behind the Beijing National Stadium, aka the Bird's Nest -- will collaborate again to create the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.  



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3 art works from Liz Taylor collection snag $21.8M

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LONDON (AP) -- Christie's says three top works from the late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor's art collection have sold at auction in London for nearly 14 million pounds ($22 million).... 



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ArtsBeat: Intiman Theater in Seattle Will Stay Alive

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The Intiman Theater, which has been under financial duress for a year, said it has raised over $1 million in pledges and would present a four-play season in the summer.  



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Spanish painter and sculptor Tapies dead at 88

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MADRID (AP) -- Spain on Tuesday mourned the death of Catalan painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, one of the world's top contemporary art figures. He was 88.... 



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Antoni Tàpies, Spanish Abstract Painter, Dies at 88

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Mr. Tàpies grounded his work in the brute reality of the Spanish street and in the turbulent political dramas of his youth in Catalonia. 



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Top auction houses to put art market rally to test

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LONDON (Reuters) - Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue.  



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Mike Kelley, Influential American Artist, Dies at 57

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Mr. Kelley’s art mined the abjection and gross-out anarchy associated with youth culture.  



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Art In Review: ‘Anonymous Tantra Paintings’ at Feature Inc.

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With their simple geometric shapes and quirky details, the small works in “Anonymous Tantra Paintings” at Feature Inc. are not intended foremost as art but as aids to meditation rituals.  




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