NEW YORK (AP).- Demi Moore is selling two 19th century European paintings at auction, including a French work the actress says inspired her because of the artist’s depiction of strong women. William Bouguereau’s “Frere et Soeur,” an oil painting of a y…
Demi Moore to Sell Two 19th Century Paintings at Sotheby’s in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- Demi Moore is selling two 19th century European paintings at auction, including a French work the actress says inspired her because of the artist’s depiction of strong women. William Bouguereau’s “Frere et Soeur,” an oil painting of a y…
Laurie Anderson Says Museums Losing Cachet to Web
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Laurie Anderson sees a new online trend in the art world that has galleries and museums in a tailspin: the power of the Web to distribute art. The performance artist and voice of America’s cultural fringe says websites such as YouT…
Laurie Anderson Says Museums Losing Cachet to Web
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Laurie Anderson sees a new online trend in the art world that has galleries and museums in a tailspin: the power of the Web to distribute art. The performance artist and voice of America’s cultural fringe says websites such as YouT…
Multiple Record Prices at Swann Galleries’ Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Seven of the top 10 lots in Swann Galleries’ September 16 auction Scenes of the City: Prints, Drawings & Paintings of New York 1900 – 2000 were by Martin Lewis, and all of them set auction records. Lewis’s Shadow Dance, dr…
Copy of Annie Leibovitz’s ‘John and Yoko’ Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of Annie Leibovitz’s famous photo of a nude John Lennon with a clothed Yoko Ono is going up for auction in New York City. The photo was taken just hours before Lennon was shot in December 1980 and appeared on the cover of Rollin…
Copy of Annie Leibovitz’s ‘John and Yoko’ Up for Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A copy of Annie Leibovitz’s famous photo of a nude John Lennon with a clothed Yoko Ono is going up for auction in New York City. The photo was taken just hours before Lennon was shot in December 1980 and appeared on the cover of Rollin…
Official: Missing Painting Found by New York City Doorman
NEW YORK (AP).- A doorman who works across from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art found a painting outside his building and kept it for weeks, then realized it was a missing work at the center of a bizarre legal web and turned it in to investigator…
Official: Missing Painting Found by New York City Doorman
NEW YORK (AP).- A doorman who works across from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art found a painting outside his building and kept it for weeks, then realized it was a missing work at the center of a bizarre legal web and turned it in to investigator…
Global Positioning System? Mapquest? Not for Fans of Hand-Drawn Maps
BOSTON (REUTERS).- As high-tech mapping services such as Garmin, Google and MapQuest make finding directions easier than ever, a new movement has revived interest in maps made by hand, as a route toward personal expression. Ingrid Burrington plotted en…