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A NUDE photo of French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, standing in a pigeon-toed pose and covering her modesty with her hands, was sold today in New York for US $91,000 , more than 20 times its expected price… Read full story
A life-size Lucian Freud painting of a naked benefit office supervisor sleeping is expected to smash auction records next month. The artwork, which is being sold by a private European collector, is predicted to fetch up to $35 million (£18 million) when it goes on sale in New York. Christie’s believes that Benefits Supervisor Sleeping … Read more
— Sikh armor, one of the star lots of three days of 16 million-pound ($32 million) Islamic and Indian art sales in London, has been withdrawn after protests. The 18th-century steel plate was due to be auctioned by Sotheby’s on April 9. That sparked calls for… Read full story by Scott Reyburn at Bloomberg.com
British artist David Hockney has donated a vast landscape of winter trees in northern England, comprising 50 canvases and painted with the aid of a computer, to the Tate, the museum announced on Monday. The 70-year-old, whose work “The Splash” fetched… Read the full story in Reuters Life!
Damien Hirst’s most recent work, a bejewelled skull called For The Love Of God, sold last year for £50m. So how much will his acrylic painting of a dying crow fetch at auction? The little-known work is possibly the oldest surviving piece by Hirst. He produced it when he was 18. Its owner – a … Read more