YAN’AN, CHINA (REUTERS).- Sculptor Wang Wenhai has dedicated his life to one man – China’s controversial former paramount leader Mao Zedong. Since Mao’s death in 1976, Wang has made well over 2,000 sculptures of the “Great Helmsman,” most of them from…
YAN’AN, CHINA (REUTERS).- Sculptor Wang Wenhai has dedicated his life to one man – China’s controversial former paramount leader Mao Zedong. Since Mao’s death in 1976, Wang has made well over 2,000 sculptures of the “Great Helmsman,” most of them from…
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson for his “Thriller” video sold for $1.8 million at an auction on Sunday to a Texas gold trader who plans to use it to raise money for children’s hospitals worldwide. The black and red calf…
By: Nastassia Astrasheuskaya
MOSCOW (REUTERS).- Top British art consulting firm Art Market Research (AMR) said on Monday it plans to offer its services in Russia, where growing investment interest in art and antiques presents a huge growth opportunity….
BEIJING (REUTERS).- Four associates of Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei detained along with him in a controversial case were freed after Ai’s release, friends of the artist said on Saturday. The four included journalist Wen Tao, detained along with Ai…
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- Scientists in California say they have for the first time devised a way to accurately take the body temperatures of dinosaurs — by examining the creatures’ teeth. Chemical analysis of the Jurassic period fossil teeth from two s…
ZURICH (REUTERS).- Demand for art, watches, rare wines, vintage cars and other offbeat investments that set pulses racing expanded in 2010 as wealth levels of the world’s super-rich rebounded from the financial crisis, a report said. “The value of many…
NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- Some family members of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks expressed outrage on Wednesday at a potential admission fee to a National Memorial Museum currently under construction at the former site of the World Trade Cente…
