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NEWS ABOUT: Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko stories: 6 news summaries

Obamas' Art Collection: Modern, Aggressive

White House borrows 47 works of art from Washington museums

Oct 7, 09 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama, working with curators at the White House and DC museums, have borrowed 47 artworks for their walls, and their selections are far more modern and discerning than their predecessors', writes Blake Gopnik. The Washington Post critic is impressed by the "surprisingly sober, even dour" choices... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • art • modern art • Mark Rothko • Jasper Johns • Smithsonian Insitution • Hirshhorn Museum

 Madoff's Money Man Sells 
 Rothkos for $310M 

Merkin unloads art, but buyer's identity a mystery

Jul 1, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ezra Merkin, the financier who pumped billions of his clients' money into Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, is selling more than 10 paintings by Mark Rothko and two sculptures by Alberto Giacometti for $310 million, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some of the proceeds may go to his defrauded investors, who... More »

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art market • fraud • art • Mark Rothko • art collector • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Ezra Merkin • Alberto Giacometti

 Strapped 
 Art Market 
 Preps for 
 Auctions 

Expectations low as auction houses try variety of tactics

May 1, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a 7-year boom, art auction houses are struggling as collectors hit hard by the recession close their wallets. Sotheby’s predicts it will pull in $179 million to $256 million at spring sales, compared to $742 million a year ago. As the spring events approach, auctioneers are employing an... More »

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art market • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • Damien Hirst • Francis Bacon • Mark Rothko • art auction • Jeff Koons • Pablo Picasso • financial crisis • Alberto Giacometti • Robert Gober • Tamara de Lempicka • Jean-Michel Basquiat • Tom Wesselman

 Art Continues to Buck 
 Ragged Economy 

Contemporary works bring $348M at Christie's—which even sells a house

May 14, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christie's auction of contemporary art in New York belied an economic downturn, the Times reports, with paintings, sculpture, and even a house fetching handsome prices. Two works drew particular attention: a portrait of a 280-pound nude woman by Lucian Freud, which sold for $33.6 million, and a house in... More »

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art market • art • Christie's • Mark Rothko • art auction • Lucian Freud • Richard Neutra

$72M Sale Shatters Warhol Record

Auction madness continues
as contemporary-art market sizzles

May 17, 07 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Andy Warhol painting sold for $71.7 million last night at Christie's, more than quadrupling the previous record price for a work by the pop artist. The price for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)," part of Warhol's "Death and Disaster" series, more than doubled... More »

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art market • contemporary art • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • painting • pop art • Mark Rothko • art auction

Rothko Fetches $73 Million

Record price for seminal modern work marks trend in art purchases

May 16, 07 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sotheby’s sold a Mark Rothko painting last night for $72.84 million, a record price for a piece of art created after World War II and a signal of a new boom in the market. Seller David Rockefeller bought the 7-foot-tall "White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender),"... More »

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art market • contemporary art • globalization • art • Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Christie's • Damien Hirst • painting • Mark Rothko • Jasper Johns

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