By: Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski’s handwritten manifesto against industrialism, his typewriters and other items from his Montana cabin will be sold at auction to benefit his victims, authorities said on Thursday. K…
Bob Marley Exhibit at Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum Opens on Anniversary of Death
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- Bob Marley’s battle with cancer ended in a Miami hospital 30 years ago on Wednesday, bringing to a premature close the life of reggae music’s most important standard-bearer. His son, David “Ziggy” Marley, who was 12 at the time …
Sculptor Anish Kapoor Unleashes Whale-Like Monster on Paris’s Grand Palais
PARIS (REUTERS).- Entering Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture through a dark, windowless revolving door, visitors experience a momentary blackout before emerging into a womb-like cavity — warm, oppressive and bathed in red light. This is “Leviathan” at P…
Sculptor Anish Kapoor Unleashes Whale-Like Monster on Paris’s Grand Palais
PARIS (REUTERS).- Entering Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture through a dark, windowless revolving door, visitors experience a momentary blackout before emerging into a womb-like cavity — warm, oppressive and bathed in red light. This is “Leviathan” at P…
Art Institute of Chicago’s James Cuno Named President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- The Getty Trust on Monday named James Cuno to head up its renowned art museums and collections, the second time it has tapped a leader of the Art Institute of Chicago to run its wide-ranging arts programs. Cuno, who oversaw the…
United States Demand for bin Laden Memorabilia Soars
NEW YORk (REUTERS).- After 9/11, President George W. Bush famously urged Americans to shop to bolster a shocked U.S. economy. Now after Osama bin Laden’s killing, consumers are snapping up memorabilia of his dramatic killing. The website Zazzle, which …
Collection of Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia to Tour the United States in Big Rig Truck
ORLANDO, FL (REUTERS).- An over-stuffed garment rack in a warehouse on the outskirts of Orlando holds some of the world’s most precious second-hand clothing. The frothy white wedding dress worn by Madonna in her music video “Like a Virgin” hangs at one…
Collection of Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia to Tour the United States in Big Rig Truck
ORLANDO, FL (REUTERS).- An over-stuffed garment rack in a warehouse on the outskirts of Orlando holds some of the world’s most precious second-hand clothing. The frothy white wedding dress worn by Madonna in her music video “Like a Virgin” hangs at one…
Artists Paint Over One Thousand Stark Portraits of Chinese Corrupt and Disgraced Officials
SHENZHEN, CHINA (REUTERS).-In a dingy studio flat in southern China, a half-naked painter dabs his brush gently over a portrait of Fu Yunsheng, a land official in northern China sentenced to death for embezzling millions. Squatting while dragging silen…
Auction Houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s Gear Up for New York Art Sales
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Buoyed by record results amid a dramatic art market recovery and an increasingly global clientele, Christie’s and Sotheby’s are gearing up for spring auctions with nearly $1 billion of art for sale. Last year proved one of the bes…