Arts & Culture
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A Gerhard Richter painting sold for a record $16.6 million last night as Christie’s International boosted confidence in the top end of the contemporary-art market and reassured dealers at the end of a nervous “Frieze Week.”
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The boxing-robot movie “Real Steel” finished atop the box-office rankings in U.S. and Canadian theaters for a second week, generating $16.3 million in receipts for DreamWorks SKG and Walt Disney Co.
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Aaron Burr served as third vice president of the U.S. under Thomas Jefferson, who dropped him from the ticket after the first term ended in 1805. Two years later, at Jefferson’s insistence, Burr was tried for treason.
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Thursday night Lloyd Blankfein addressed 1,200 guests gathered at the Park Avenue Armory for the New York Police & Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund 10- 13 Answer the Call Gala.