LONDON (REUTERS).- At the top end of the art market, the financial crisis seems a distant memory — surging prices saw Christie’s and Sotheby’s post impressive 2010 results that were back to, or above pre-crisis levels. Yet while the market leaders are…
First U.S. Solo Museum Show of Gabriel Kuri at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
BOSTON, MA.- On Feb. 2, 2011, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens Gabriel Kuri: Nobody needs to know the price of your Saab, the first solo museum exhibition of the artist’s work in the U.S. Using familiar materials such as receipts, ne…
£2 Million Gift from the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation Received by The National Gallery
LONDON.- The National Gallery announce it has received an exceptional gift of £2 million from the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation. Michael Hintze said: ‘The National Gallery has an extraordinary collection that Dorothy, our children and I en…
£2 Million Gift from the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation Received by The National Gallery
LONDON.- The National Gallery announce it has received an exceptional gift of £2 million from the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation. Michael Hintze said: ‘The National Gallery has an extraordinary collection that Dorothy, our children and I en…
New York City Landlord Wants Money from Lennon Suit Auction, Sues Braswell Galleries
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A New York City landlord has a message for the collector who recently sold the suit John Lennon wore on the cover of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album: You never give me your money. The seller’s former landlord has sued the gallery th…
New York City Landlord Wants Money from Lennon Suit Auction, Sues Braswell Galleries
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A New York City landlord has a message for the collector who recently sold the suit John Lennon wore on the cover of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album: You never give me your money. The seller’s former landlord has sued the gallery th…
New York City Landlord wants Money from Lennon Suit Auction
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A New York City landlord has a message for the collector who recently sold the suit John Lennon wore on the cover of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album: You never give me your money. The seller’s former landlord has sued the gallery th…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 33-Year-Old Car Gets $1 Million Bid
TEHRAN (AP).- The Iranian president’s 33-year-old car has received a $1 million bid from abroad in a charity auction to raise money for a low-income housing project, reported a local newspaper on Sunday. The 1977 white Peugeot sedan was put on auction …
Robert L. Oswald, Brother of Lee Harvey Oswald Disputes Last Week’s Sale of Coffin
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- The brother of Lee Harvey Oswald said Monday a coffin that once held the body of the presidential assassin should have been destroyed years ago rather then being auctioned off and allowed to exist as a ghoulish keepsake. Robert L…
Robert L. Oswald, Brother of Lee Harvey Oswald Disputes Last Week’s Sale of Coffin
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- The brother of Lee Harvey Oswald said Monday a coffin that once held the body of the presidential assassin should have been destroyed years ago rather then being auctioned off and allowed to exist as a ghoulish keepsake. Robert L…