Arts

Basquiat poised to set record at New York art auction

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NEW YORK - An early work by Jean-Michel Basquiat could set an artist's record in November when it is expected to sell for some $20 million, auction house Christie's said on Tuesday.

Munch's $120 million "The Scream" to be displayed at NY museum

- Edvard Munch's "The Scream," which sold for $120 million at Sotheby's in May, will be displayed at New York's Museum of Modern Art for six months, the museum said on Tuesday.

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Eric Clapton to sell painting worth up to $19 million

LONDON - Should Eric Clapton ever decide to hang up the guitar, he might try his hand at art dealing.

Fashion, People, 13 Sep 2012

World Trade Center arts space on track despite obstacles-city

- A new arts center on the site of the former World Trade Center in New York should be open by 2017 or earlier, despite delays in funding and design issues, a city official said on Thursday.

U.S., 13 Sep 2012

Life imitating art? Warhol-inspired soup for sale

NEW YORK - Fifty years after artist Andy Warhol created one of the art world's most iconic images with his red and white painting of a tomato soup can, the company that inspired the work is selling limited-edition soup with designer labels. | Video

Lifestyle 11 Sep 2012

Moving museum takes "snapshot" of unsung Russian art

MOSCOW - British art curator James Brett believes people are either born artists or they are not.

12 Sep 2012

Britain's "first modern art movement" in Tate show

LONDON - The exquisite detail, vivid colors and radical 19th century style of the Pre-Raphaelites light up London's Tate museum with a new exhibit of Britain's "first modern art movement".

10 Sep 2012
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Irvine Welsh talks Renton, Sick Boy and "Trainspotting USA"

NEW YORK - Two years after "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh moved to the United States, his infamous imaginary Scottish working-class heroin addicts are now descending upon America.