BUDAPEST (AP).- People spied on by Hungary’s communist-era secret police could decide the future of the surveillance reports under a government proposal historians say would damage the country’s ability to know about its past. The regime’s network of i…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong to Present Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings in Spring Sale
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s 2011 Sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings will be held on 4 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, offering over 145 exceptional works estimated in excess of HK$36 milli…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong to Present Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings in Spring Sale
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s 2011 Sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings will be held on 4 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, offering over 145 exceptional works estimated in excess of HK$36 milli…
Trial Begins for Rhode Island Art Dealer, Rocco DeSimone, Accused of $6 Million Con
PROVIDENCE, RI (AP).- A former art dealer earlier convicted of tax fraud duped investors out of $6 million and used the money to buy cars, antique Japanese swords and valuable works of art, a prosecutor said as the man’s trial began in federal court W…
Barnum Museum Repair Project to Cost Up to $17 Million
BRIDGEPORT (AP).- A Connecticut museum celebrating flamboyant showman P.T. Barnum will need to raise up to $17 million to renovate and repair its historic building damaged by a tornado last year. Officials said Friday that repairs will cost $6 millio…
Artist Sues Kevin Costner to Force Sculpture Sale
DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP).- An artist who created a bronze sculpture for Kevin Costner is suing the actor to force him to sell the work of art. Peggy Detmers says she spent more than six years creating the sculpture of 14 bison and three American Indian hun…
Vettriano Self-Portrait to Go on Show in New Scottish National Portrait Gallery
EDINBURGH.- A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will go on show in the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens in the autumn of 2011. Jack Vettriano’s painting, The Weight, which has been offered on long-term loan to the national coll…
Vettriano Self-Portrait to Go on Show in New Scottish National Portrait Gallery
EDINBURGH.- A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will go on show in the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens in the autumn of 2011. Jack Vettriano’s painting, The Weight, which has been offered on long-term loan to the national coll…
Paul Gauguin’s "Nature Morte a ‘L’Esperance," Fails to Sell at Christie’s Auction in London
LONDON (REUTERS).- A painting by Paul Gauguin, billed as the top lot at Christie’s auction of modern and impressionist works in London, failed to find a buyer on Wednesday. The tribute to the artist’s friend Vincent Van Gogh, in the form of a still lif…
‘Sesame Street’ to Help Create New National Children’s Museum Near Washington
WASHINGTON (AP).- Elmo has no statue in Washington but he’s poised to strike his best museum pose: “Sesame Street” is teaming up to create exhibits that incorporate the popular TV characters into the future home of National Children’s Museum near the n…