Christie’s 2011 art sales hit record (Reuters)
Reuters - Christie's shrugged off the euro zone crisis and slowing economic growth in 2011 to post record revenues, selling art worth 3.6 billion pounds, or nine percent more than in 2010. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts
Legend, Kennedy Center program honor Marvin Gaye (AP)
AP - Grammy award-winning singer John Legend surprised a high school choir Tuesday at the Kennedy Center to help start a program encouraging young artists to confront social issues with their art, in honor of the late Marvin Gaye.
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Old Masters auctions total more than $120 million (Reuters)
Reuters - Old Masters paintings brought in more than $120 million at auction sales this week, with several works selling for more than $5 million each and records set for some artists. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts
NY art dealer charged in $4M fraud (AP)
AP - A New York art dealer has been charged in a $4 million fraud for selling works by Picasso, Matisse and others without informing the owner or giving him the proceeds. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts
Exclusive: Bones and landscapes inspire Danish queen’s art (Reuters)
Reuters - Denmark's Queen Margrethe II said that painting landscapes helps to recharge her batteries in an exclusive interview with Reuters ahead of this week's opening of a major exhibition for her art. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts
Annie Leibovitz opens new art show at Smithsonian (AP)
AP - Photographer Annie Leibovitz says she has come back from some dark days and revived her creativity with a new project now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that marks a departure from her popular celebrity portraits.
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Saudi artists test limits of expression in rare show (Reuters)
Reuters - Standing on a large floor map in a Jeddah art gallery, Hamza Serafi places a yellow sign inscribed "Caution: revolution (take 2)" over Egypt and then turns to Saudi Arabia. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts
Irishman makes “billion-euro home” of shredded notes (Reuters)
Reuters - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts
Michigan Report Shows Arts and Culture Spending Yields High Return (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Creative State Michigan, an annual report by ArtServe, showed every dollar spent in Michigan on arts and culture repays the state back 50-fold. According to Michigan Radio, the purpose of the report was to demonstrate to lawmakers how profitable arts funding can be. Here are details about cultural-to-business connections in Michigan. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts
Canaletto, Memling expected to lead Old Masters sales (Reuters)
Reuters - An early 14th century panel of the Virgin Mary, a view of Venice by Canaletto and a very rare oil on copper still life will be among the highlights of Sotheby's sale of Old Master Paintings this week. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts