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  • Rembrandt painting fetches record price at auction

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:58 pm ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - A Rembrandt painting unseen in public for nearly 40 years sold for a record 20.2 million pounds ($33.2 million) at auction in London on Tuesday, the highest ever paid at auction for the 17th century artist. Full Story »

  • Fresco painter Richard Wright wins Turner Prize

    Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 4:41 pm ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - A painter of abstract designs who wants none of his work to survive his death was awarded one of the world's top contemporary art prizes on Monday. Full Story »

  • Singers applauded, director booed at La Scala opener

    Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 6:01 pm ET  

    MILAN (Reuters) - Georges Bizet's "Carmen," a tale of love, jealousy and murder, opened the season on Monday at Milan's La Scala to applause for the singers but boos for the creator of its sparse staging, Emma Dante. Full Story »

  • Alitalia art auction earns more than $1 million

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 12:49 pm ET  

    ROME (Reuters) - A collection of Futurist paintings and other works of art owned by Italian air carrier Alitalia has raised 1.2 million euros ($1.77 million) under the hammer, the auction house said on Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Classic film receives clever stage treatment

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 9:31 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Screen-to-stage adaptations have become a theatrical staple in recent years, and leave it to the Brits to do it with far more imagination than we. Full Story »

  • Mamet's "Race" more entertaining than insightful

    Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 2:12 am ET  

    NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Fans of the television series "Boston Legal" would be well advised to head to David Mamet's new play "Race," in which James Spader is once again doing a crackerjack job of portraying a ruthless lawyer. Full Story »

  • Seinfeld delivers masterful riffs on what bugs him

    Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 2:53 am ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There's one major difference between "Seinfeld" and its star's stand-up act. The TV show ostensibly was about nothing, but it thrived on the comedy of coincidence; onstage, Jerry Seinfeld mines the comedy of annoyance. Full Story »

  • Washington letter, Poe book set auction records

    Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 6:39 pm ET  
    An employee of Christie's holds an original copy of American... Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A signed four-page letter written by George Washington to his nephew in 1787 sold for $3.2 million, and two works by Edgar Allen Poe set new sales records on Friday in auctions held by Christie's. Full Story »

  • Christie's eyes records with Rembrandt, Raphael

    Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 3:31 am ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's is confident the recession is well and truly over in the world of fine art, with a record old masters sale in London next week that includes important works by Rembrandt, Raphael and Il Domenichino. Full Story »

  • Dance's Twyla Tharp gives lessons in collaboration

    Reuters – Thu Dec 3, 3:31 am ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Collaboration is critical in the workplace, choreographer Twyla Tharp writes in a new book that contends that although most workers do not team up with artistic greats as she does, the secrets to success are universal. Full Story »

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