Arts
Munch's "The Scream" sells for record $120 million
NEW YORK - Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream," one of the world's most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. | Video
Art fair fight? UK's Frieze launches in New York
LONDON - New York's contemporary art scene is undergoing a major shake-up this year, with Britain's hugely successful Frieze Art Fair opening its inaugural U.S. edition on Friday just weeks after the established Armory Show closed its doors.
As Dutch churches shut, sacred art finds new use abroad
‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands - When Christianity fades, it doesn't just leave empty pews behind. With each church that shuts, the statues, crucifixes, chalices, paintings or vestments that were part of regular Sunday services suddenly have no liturgical home.
London show unveils photographer Eve Arnold's compassion
LONDON - "Intimacy allows the person being photographed to be uninhibited and to reveal unknown aspects of herself."
Exhibit reappraises significance of Vuillard's work
NEW YORK - A new exhibition, the first major show in New York of works by Edouard Vuillard for more than 20 years, reveals the life of the French artist and reappraises the significance of his 20th century work.
Helsinki rejects Guggenheim museum proposal
HELSINKI - Helsinki rejected a proposal to build a 140 million euro ($185 million) Guggenheim museum on the Finnish capital's waterfront, a notice on the city's website said on Wednesday.
Works by Cezanne, Matisse each sell for $19 million
NEW YORK - The spring art sales got off to a solid start at Christie's on Tuesday, with works by Cezanne and Matisse each selling for $19 million as the auction house moved $117 million worth of Impressionist and modern art.
Film, performance, drawings make Turner shortlist
LONDON - The Tate Britain released a shortlist for the Turner Prize on Tuesday that will bring delight and despair in equal measure to the critics and supporters of modern art's most prestigious and controversial award.
Leonardo da Vinci show reveals anatomy of a genius
LONDON - Leonardo da Vinci may be best known for painting the world's most enigmatic smile, but a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace explores the Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, inventor and scientist's breathtaking anatomical studies of the human body.
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