NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A voodoo-inspired Cuban work and a portrait of a bullfighting family by Colombian Fernando Botero top this week’s Latin American art auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s in New York. Christie’s expects to see sales of up to $26 mil…
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Unveils New $504 Million Art of the Americas Wing
BOSTON (REUTERS).- When redecorating his home some years ago, financier Henry Kravis sold a painting by John Singer Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting — “Charles Stewart Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword o…
$35 Million Andy Warhol Coke Bottle Lifts Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A black-and-white Coke bottle on canvas by Andy Warhol sold for $35.36 million on Tuesday at Sotheby’s robust contemporary and post-war art auction. The sale of 54 works, an impressive 91 percent of which found buyers, totaled $22…
Superman, Joker Original Comic Art for Sale at Auction House ComicConnect.com
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A 1942 piece of Superman comic book cover art goes up for auction for the first time on Wednesday in a thriving collectibles market where old superheroes can change hands for more than $1 million. The cover art for the Superman…
Superman, Joker Original Comic Art Goes to Auction
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A 1942 piece of Superman comic book cover art goes up for auction for the first time on Wednesday in a thriving collectibles market where old superheroes can change hands for more than $1 million. The cover art for the Superman…
$35 Million Andy Warhol Coke Bottle Lifts Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A black-and-white Coke bottle on canvas by Andy Warhol sold for $35.36 million on Tuesday at Sotheby’s robust contemporary and post-war art auction. The sale of 54 works, an impressive 91 percent of which found buyers, totaled $22…
128 Years After Construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Finally Becomes a Church
BARCELONA (REUTERS).- For decades tourists have visited the twisting spires of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia church, but 128 years after construction began Catholic faithful will worship there for the first time on Sunday. Pope Benedict XVI will c…
New National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia Celebrates Jewish Life
PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS).- Albert Einstein’s pipe, Irving Berlin’s piano and Jonas Salk’s test tubes are just a few of the historic items in a new museum that celebrates Jewish life in America. The National Museum of American Jewish History, which is in …
New National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia Celebrates Jewish Life
PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS).- Albert Einstein’s pipe, Irving Berlin’s piano and Jonas Salk’s test tubes are just a few of the historic items in a new museum that celebrates Jewish life in America. The National Museum of American Jewish History, which is in …
British Campaign to Restore Acclaimed Playwright Anton Chekhov House by End-Year
MOSCOW (REUTERS).- The house where Russia’s universally acclaimed playwright Anton Chekhov penned some of his greatest work will be restored by the end of this year after decades of neglect, said the British charity behind its repair. Chekhov moved to …