NEW YORK (REUTERS).- The iconic white dress Marilyn Monroe wore in “The Seven Year Itch” may be headed back to New York City, where a gust of air from a subway grate sent it billowing upward and into movie history. A New York-based technology company i…
Rare Signed Photograph of Jesse James to Sell at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
CHICAGO, IL.- The notorious outlaw Jesse James has been an American obsession for over a century. Most of his life, however, remains a mystery. What is more, he left few artifacts behind to help fill in the gaps, which has in return intensified the dem…
Rare Signed Photograph of Jesse James to Sell at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
CHICAGO, IL.- The notorious outlaw Jesse James has been an American obsession for over a century. Most of his life, however, remains a mystery. What is more, he left few artifacts behind to help fill in the gaps, which has in return intensified the dem…
Fine Selection of Photographic Images Announced at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 6 October 2010 auction of Photographs presents a fine selection of photographic images dating from the medium’s earliest years to those by some of best photographers of the 20th century and the present day. Overall th…
Fine Selection of Photographic Images Announced at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 6 October 2010 auction of Photographs presents a fine selection of photographic images dating from the medium’s earliest years to those by some of best photographers of the 20th century and the present day. Overall th…
New Salvador Dali Exhibition of Late Works Opens Exclusively at Atlanta’s High Museum
ATLANTA, GA.- A new exhibition opening exclusively in Atlanta explores artist Salvador Dali’s late work, including several major pieces that haven’t been seen in the U.S. in half a century. Dali is best known as a surrealist, his melting watches an ico…
Astonishing 1,252,000 Pounds for Munch Print at Bonhams
LONDON.- An impression of Edvard Munch’s controversial work Madonna has sold for an amazing £1,252,000 at Bonhams – twice its lower estimate of £500,000. This makes it the most expensive print ever sold in the UK and the second most expens…
Steve McCurry Launches New Exhibition at Birmingham Museum
BIRMINGHAM.- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery presents the first and only UK exhibition of critically acclaimed photojournalist Steve McCurry, in association with Magnum Photos. The exhibition includes over eighty striking images that span a remarkabl…
Munch, Warhol, Picasso’s Take on Women at Bonhams Print Sale
LONDON.- They modelled for three of the greatest artists who ever lived. One was murdered by her lover; another shot herself; the third lives on, a potent reminder of Hollywood’s glamour years. And their images lead Bonham’s Print sale in L…
WWII Nurse in Iconic Times Square Kissing Sailor Photo Dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A nurse famously photographed being
kissed
by an American sailor in New York’s Times Square in 1945 to celebrate
the end of
World War Two has died at the age of 91, her family said on Tuesday. The
V-J Day
pictur…