SHREVEPORT (AP).- Posters from at least 26 movies made in the Shreveport-Bossier City area are being shown off at the Shreveport Regional Airport. Movies filmed in the area since 2005 include “The Guardian,” ”Drive Angry” and “Battle Los Angeles.” The…
From H.G Wells to Frank Frazetta, The Jerry Weist Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy Art and Rare Books at Heritage
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Heritage Auctions has announced that it will hold a special catalog auction this Sept. 12, 2011, in Beverly Hills, from the estate of pioneering collector, publisher, historian, and scholar Jerry Weist, who passed away on Jan. 7 of …
Artist Frank Frazetta’s Kids Renew Estate Fight
FORT MYERS, FL (AP).- The adult children of Frank Frazetta are feuding again over control of the iconic fantasy artist’s body of work. The family announced in April that they had settled a dispute over an estate estimated to be worth tens of millions o…
ICA Boston Presents One of the Leading Figures in Contemporary Art: Mark Bradford
BOSTON, MA.- This fall, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens Mark Bradford —the first museum survey devoted to one of the leading figures in contemporary art. Bradford is best known for his collage-layered paintings that express the ener…
‘Conan’ Painting by Late Artist Frank Frazetta Goes for $1.5 Million
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- A 1971 painting by fantasy artist Frank Frazetta has sold for $1.5 million, two months after the Pennsylvania artist’s death. Frazetta’s managers said this week that a private collector bought “Conan the Destroyer” from a family t…
Postwar Poster Fest
By Darrell HartmanArt of the Modern Movie Poster opens December 3 at Lincoln Center’s Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery. Yes, the main purpose of these splashy broadsheets is (or, in the case of these historical specimens, was) to get butts into theaters….