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Seven decades of Lucian Freud on show in London (Reuters) Reuters - Britain's National Portrait Gallery launched a major show of the late figurative painter Lucian Freud's work Wednesday, showcasing the fleshy portraits which made him one of the world's most revered artists in his lifetime.




Records tumble at Christie's art sale (Reuters) Reuters - Christie's on Tuesday kicked off a fortnight of major London art sales with a bang, hitting or exceeding the most optimistic pre-sale expectations and extending 2011's record-breaking run into the new year.


3 art works from Liz Taylor collection snag $21.8M (AP) AP - Three top works from the late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor's art collection have sold at a London auction for nearly 14 million pounds ($22 million), the auctioneer Christie's said Tuesday.


Man admits NY piece of bicoastal art-theft spree (AP) AP - A wine steward who plucked artwork off hotel and gallery walls in a bicoastal spree admitted Tuesday to stealing a $350,000 drawing in New York, resolving charges here after serving jail time in California.


Internet titan Peter Norton sells more of art collection (Reuters) Reuters - Works by Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha and Roy Lichtenstein are among Post-War and Contemporary art that will be sold by Christie's at an auction next month that will also feature 45 works from the collection of Silicon Valley pioneer Peter Norton.


St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion (Reuters) Reuters - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion.


Top auction houses to put art market rally to test (Reuters) Reuters - Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue.


A Minute With: Street artist Mark Jenkins (Reuters) Reuters - American street artist Mark Jenkins's human sculptures staged in provocative poses in the middle of cities have proved so uncannily life-like they have sparked calls from passersby to the ambulance service or the police.


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.


Legend, Kennedy Center program honor Marvin Gaye (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, singer John Legend performs during the White House Music Series saluting Motown in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Legend is joining the Kennedy Center in Washington to start a program in honor of the late Marvin Gaye encouraging young artists to engage in social issues. The project announced Tuesday echoes Gaye's lyrics and asks young people to consider 'What's Going On ... Now?' They can upload videos, photos, poems, music or any recordings of creative expression to the project's website to answer that question. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)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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