Richter painting breaks record for living artist at N.Y. auction May 15th, 2013 - 06:51h (CET +01.00) By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 1968 oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for some $37 million at Sotheby's contemporary art auction on Tuesday, a new record for a work by a living artist. The sale took in $293,587,000, at ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : richter, painting, breaks, record, living, artist, auction, Top Keywords

Barnett Newman painting auctioned in NY for $43.8M May 15th, 2013 - 05:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - A large 1953 painting by abstract expressionist artist Barnett Newman has sold for $43.8 million at a New York City auction, setting an auction record for his work. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : barnett, newman, painting, auctioned, $438m, artist, auction, Top Keywords

Madonna auctions painting to raise $7 million for girls' education May 8th, 2013 - 16:00h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Madonna sold an abstract painting by French artist Fernand Leger for $7.16 million on Tuesday to raise funds for girls' education projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere. The 1921 painting, "Trois Femmes a la Table Rouge... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : madonna, auctions, painting, raise, million, girls', education, Top Keywords

Artist replaces paintbrush with jet engine thrust Apr 30th, 2013 - 22:20h (CET +01.00) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The hurricane-force thrust from a jet engine pushes Tarinan von Anhalt into the air as she splatters an array of colors into the wind and onto a blank canvas to create the abstract designs she has become known for. (Sourc... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : artist, replaces, paintbrush, engine, thrust, girls', education, Top Keywords

Chinese abstract painter Zao Wou-ki dies aged 93 Apr 10th, 2013 - 16:20h (CET +01.00) ZURICH (Reuters) - Chinese abstract master Zao Wou-ki, whose works routinely fetch millions of dollars at auction, has died in Switzerland aged 93. Marc Bonnant, a lawyer for his widow, told Reuters that Zao, who suffered from Alzheimer's, had d... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : chinese, abstract, painter, wouki, dies, aged, education, Top Keywords

‘Paintable' Electronics Paves Way for Cheaper Gadgets Mar 25th, 2013 - 15:00h (CET +01.00) Researchers in the field of materials science are using a new technique to create 'paint-on' plastic electronics that can be used to make popular gadgets less expensive and better for the environment. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : ‘paintable’, electronics, paves, cheaper, gadgets, aged, education, Top Keywords

Glaxo donates NC Wyeth painting to Philly museum Mar 5th, 2013 - 20:20h (CET +01.00) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC has donated a painting with a mysterious past to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : glaxo, donates, wyeth, painting, philly, museum, education, Top Keywords

Stuttgart museum returns painting sold under Nazis Mar 5th, 2013 - 19:00h (CET +01.00) BERLIN (AP) - A Stuttgart museum has returned a 600-year-old painting to the estate of Jewish art dealer Max Stern, who was forced to sell his collection before fleeing Nazi Germany. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stuttgart, museum, returns, painting, sold, under, nazis, Top Keywords

Woman defaces famous Louvre painting with black pen Feb 8th, 2013 - 13:30h (CET +01.00) PARIS (Reuters) - France's Louvre-Lens museum shut two galleries on Friday after a woman scribbled with a black marker pen on its star painting, Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People". Police were questioning a 28-year-ol... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : woman, defaces, famous, louvre, painting, black, nazis, Top Keywords

Chinese painter portrays Tibet self-immolators Jan 12th, 2013 - 08:50h (CET +01.00) BEIJING (AP) - Beijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : chinese, painter, portrays, tibet, selfimmolators, black, nazis, Top Keywords