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NEWS ABOUT: Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg stories: 3 news summaries
appreciation

Rauschenberg Rocked

Talking to the painter
was 'like being on
some ecstatic drug': David Byrne

May 16, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - In some ways, Robert Rauschenberg lived more of the rock ’n’ roll life than his friend and collaborator David Byrne, who offers an affectionate farewell in the New York Times today. His life was just as wild and unpredictable as his work, says the Talking Heads founder. "Conversation... More »

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art • obituary • David Byrne • Robert Rauschenberg • conceptual art

Bacon Breaks Record
as Art Market Sizzles

Artist's 1976 masterpiece sells for $86M at red-hot Sotheby's sale

May 15, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 1976 triptych painting by Francis Bacon became the most expensive piece of contemporary art ever sold when it went for $86.2 million at auction last night, Reuters reports. Seventeen other artists also set records at the sale, boosting Sotheby's to the best night in its 300-year history and... More »

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art market • art • Sotheby's • Francis Bacon • painting • art auction • Robert Rauschenberg

OBITUARY

 Robert Rauschenberg,
 American Master, Dies at 82 

Made mark in pop art, but sculpted and even won a Grammy

May 13, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Rauschenberg, a pioneer of pop art and one of the greatest American artists of the 20th century, died yesterday at 82, the AP reports. Rauschenberg's "combine paintings" of the 1950s, which incorporated three-dimensional objects ranging from soda bottles to stuffed birds, were seen as revolutionary, but over a... More »

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art • obituary • painting • Jasper Johns • Robert Rauschenberg

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