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NEWS ABOUT: Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns 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

Mass. AG Will Probe Brandeis Museum Sale

Art world condemns decision to close gallery, sell collection

Jan 28, 09 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The Massachusetts attorney general announced a probe into Brandeis University's shock decision to shut its modern art museum and sell off the entire 6,000-work collection. Brandeis did not consult the AG's office or even the museum's board, and wills and agreements between the Rose Art Museum and its donors... More »

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art museum • art • modern art • university • Jasper Johns • Brandeis • Robert Storr

Brandeis Shuts Museum, Will Sell 6,000 Works

Art world shocked as university closes renowned institution

Jan 27, 09 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Facing severe budget shortfalls, Brandeis University will close its well-regarded modern art museum and sell off the entire 6,000-work collection, reports the Boston Globe. The move has shocked the art world and drawn heavy criticism from museum and university professionals. "This is not a happy day in the... More »

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art museum • art • Andy Warhol • modern art • Jasper Johns • Brandeis • recession depression

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

OPINION

For Jasper Johns, Gray Matters

Monochromatic Met show opens to raves

Feb 8, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Visitors to the major Jasper Johns exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York might find the art a bit colorless. But that's precisely the point: The renowned American artist has filled the galleries with 119 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures executed in shades of gray. The nearly monochromatic show... More »

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New York • art • painting • Jasper Johns • Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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