Richard Prince

In faltering economy, auction houses crash back to earth

Auction companies are cutting back on general expenses like lavish dinner parties, extravagant catalogues and travel that takes art around the world. “In a period as frightening as this, it is still amazing to think that over...

Mary-Kate, Ashley Olsen are interviewers in 'Influence'

By Erin Carlson, The Associated Press NEW YORK-- At 22, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen co-own a global branding empire and have separately dated movie stars, a Greek shipping heir and Lance Armstrong. Inexplicably, the masseuse who...

The renaissance of Chinese art

With its £2 trillion surplus, China's economic might dominates the world. Now its painters and sculptors are developing, collectively, into a contemporary arts superpower. Asian artists, and in particular those from China,...

Nov 15, 2008: Richard Prince's Canal Zone at Liberty Inn

Age restriction: 21 and over. This new series of sculptural assemblages was born out of Prince's avid book collecting. For many years Richard Prince's extensive collection of rare books has inspired his work, most notable the...

Slow sales at NYC auctions may be sign of health (AP)

By ULA ILNYTZKY, Associated Press Writer Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press Writer – 6 mins ago AP – In this Nov. 3, 2008 file photo, Kazimir Malevich's painting Suprematist Composition (1916) is sold for … NEW YORK – The sagging...

Contemporary art auctions faced mixed results in sales this week, but can buyers benefit?

Yesterday, in Sotheby's beautifully carpeted headquarters in London's New Bond Street, the auction house was showing off Victorian paintings owned by the late diplomat and art collector Sir David Scott. They are not everyone's...

The bubble bursts for the overinflated art market

After years of growth, the same fate that has befallen other sectors of the economy is now damaging the art market FIRST POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2008 Last month, Phillips de Pury attempted to sell a fibreglass statue of a colourful...

White House Press Corps To Grow More Diverse...

Layoffs and cutbacks have hit many media outlets hard. But given the historic election of Sen. Barack Obama, should the same news organizations being buffeted by the economy also ensure that their political reporting staff is...

Olsens look to spread 'Influence'

Mary-Kate, left, and Ashley Olsen wave to fans after the dedication of their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) NEW YORK— The featherweight, filthy rich twin tycoons are known to teeter on city streets...

Blasblog: Baby Jane Reveals Her Great Walls

Eight Warhols, a little Elizabeth Peyton drawing, and a Keith Haring sculpture. That's what I espied within one step into Jane Holzer's Upper East Side townhouse. It's clear from the absolute get-go that when it comes to...

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