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Andy Warhol Self-Portrait Fetches $17 Million

LONDON -- A self-portrait by Andy Warhol has sold for 10.8 million pounds ($17 million) - double its pre-sale estimate - at a London auction. Getty Images A self-porrait by Andy Warhol has sold for 10.8 million pounds ($17 million). Christie's says the work had been in a private collection since 1974. It is...

Warhol and Lichtenstein Works Stolen in Apartment Heist

A sophisticated thief made off with $750,000 worth of iconic artworks by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, along with pricey jewelry and watches, by breaking through a wall to strike a highly secure Manhattan apartment. New York Police believe the heist took place around Thanksgiving when the owner, art collector and beef...

Opinion: 3 Lessons From the National Portrait Gallery Flap

(Dec. 15) -- The Andy Warhol Foundation just added to the raging controversy concerning the exhibit of "gay art" at the taxpayer-supported National Portrait Gallery, with its threat to pull all support from the museum's parent institution, the Smithsonian, unless the gallery re-installs a disputed art work. Regardless of...

Warhol Foundation Threatens Smithsonian Over Pulled Exhibit

(Dec. 14) -- The Andy Warhol Foundation to America's Attic: Put back that exhibit or we won't give you any more money. The battle between the private arts foundation and the Smithsonian Institution got even testier this week when Warhol executives threatened to cut off funding unless the National Portrait Gallery...

Child Painter Wows the Art World [VIDEO]

(Oct. 14) -- Autumn de Forest was only 5 years old when her father noticed something different about her artwork. It was unusually sophisticated, beautiful, even Rothko-like. Doug de Forest said he was staining some wood in his garage one day when Autumn came out to join him. "She asked me if she could mess around with...

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05/31/12 A place for art Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA Jennifer Quinio went to work at the Andy Warhol Museum on the North Side because she loved art.
05/31/12 Big Apple Art in P-Town Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia Perth's cultural scene is set to explode as the Art Gallery of Western Australia welcomes the first shipments of artworks from New York's esteemed Museum of Modern Art.
05/31/12 ï¿½MIB3ï¿½ reason for no ï¿½MIB4ï¿½ Source: South Florida Times - Fort Lauderdale FL In Men in Black 3, the evil intergalactic alien Boris the Animal (played by Jemaine Clement), time travels to 1969 to kill a younger Agent K (Josh Brolin).
05/31/12 Rare Queen Elizabeth II Portrait by Andy Warhol to be... Source: Born Rich While the portrayal derives unprecedented relevance and momentousness for its historic value, the numbered and signed print 'Queen Elizabeth II' however hails from the Reigning Queen Series.
05/29/12 How textiles took Dali and Picasso's art to the masses Source: Telegraph - London - UK Across the pond, Wesley Simpson embarked on a similar campaign.