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  • Rare picture of Henry VIII's "lost" palace for sale

    2010-11-04 09:10

    A 16th century watercolor of King Henry VIII's "lost" palace, one of the earliest and most detailed depictions known to exist, is expected to fetch up to 1.2 million pounds ($1.9 million) at auction.

  • American Ballet Theatre to perform in Cuba

    2010-11-03 10:05

    The American Ballet Theater, making its first appearance in Cuba in 50 years, will pay tribute this week to ballet legend Alicia Alonso in the latest attempt at cultural diplomacy to bridge the political divide between the United States and the communist-led island.

  • International collectors invigorating art auctions

    2010-11-02 09:10

    Less than two years after a precipitous fall, the art market is flexing its muscles again, emboldened by recent auction records and an influx of determined international collectors rich with cash.

  • Lloyd Webber sells 4 London theatres to cut debt

    2010-10-29 09:23

    British composer and impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber is selling four of his company's seven London musical theatres in order to reduce debt, he said on Thursday.

  • Morgan Library facelift brings treasures to light

    2010-10-26 09:06

    A $4.5 million facelift of New York's Morgan Library and Museum has brought out of the shadows and drawn from storage rare Near Eastern, Biblical and early Americana items, some exhibited for the first time.

  • Artist/director Schnabel puts photographs on show

    2010-10-25 14:02

    U.S. film maker and artist Julian Schnabel has ventured into the realm of photography in his latest exhibition, "Polaroids: Beyond Infinity and Grandview."

  • Jewels auction exceeds $50 million, new record set

    2010-10-22 09:15

    A rare two-stone ring set a new world record price per carat for a blue diamond at auction when it was sold in a jewels sale that exceeded $50 million, Christie's said on Thursday.

  • NY museum honors artist Baldessari in retrospective

    2010-10-20 09:14

    More than 120 works, including two huge canvases commissioned for the exhibition, are included in a retrospective of legendary American artist John Baldessari at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  • Haven for New York artists, Chelsea Hotel for sale

    2010-10-20 09:08

    The New York hotel that inspired creative talent from Sir Arthur Clarke to Sid Vicious is up for sale.

  • Spain's El Prado to host special Renoir show

    2010-10-19 09:18

    More than a century after he visited Madrid's Prado museum seeking inspiration, Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir's work is being shown at the prestigious gallery.

  • Exhibition: New Titanic relics on show in London

    2010-10-18 09:20

    The legend of the Titanic lands in London next month with an exhibition featuring 14 new artifacts from the sunken transatlantic liner and video footage from the site of the wreck.

  • Sotheby's hits contemporary, Italian art targets

    2010-10-18 09:04

    Contemporary and Italian art sales in London last week largely underlined the sense that stability was gradually returning to a market that saw values soar in 2007 and 2008 before tumbling dramatically in 2009.

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