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Andy Warhol's Arty Celebrity Polaroids on Exhibit

Basis for His Pop Art, Now Art in Themselves

By , on February 22nd, 2012

warhol polaroids front1 Andy Warhols Arty Celebrity Polaroids on ExhibitAndy Warhol crossed a lot of celebrity paths during his lifetime and usually had his Polaroid Big Shot Camera in hand to snap photos of the glitterati. Now they’ve become art as much as his iconic pop-art portraits and silkscreens.

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Art Forgery Scandal Engulfs Top New York City Galleries

By , on December 3rd, 2011

NYCArtScandal Art Forgery Scandal Engulfs Top New York City Galleries

Motherwell painting (top) claimed to be a forgery; Knoedler & Co Building (bottom). The gallery went out of business abruptly Nov 30.

Some of New York’s top art dealers are under investigation by federal authorities for allegedly selling dozens of forged works by Modernist masters like Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock.

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Brooklyn Museum Shows Warhol's Religious Obsession

By , on June 21st, 2010

Andy Warhol Brooklyn Museum Shows Warhols Religious ObsessionAlong with iconic soup cans and eccentric downtown lifestyle, ’60s pop artist Andy Warhol also harbored a fascination with religion and quietly frequent a tony Upper East Side church to attend services.  Toward the end of his life it became an obsession.

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Salander $120M Art Fraud Case Ends With Guilty Plea

By , on March 20th, 2010

salander Salander Art Fraud Case Ends With Guilty PleaOne of the biggest New York art frauds in recent memory that drew in celebrities like tennis star John McEnroe, hot shot financiers and even art world denizens came to an uncerimonial close this week when the perpetrator, Lawrence B. Salander, 60, pleaded guilty in court.

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Delaroache's 'Charles I' Highlights National Gallery Show

By , on February 27th, 2010

delaroche1 Delaroaches Charles I Highlights National Gallery ShowPaul Delaroche’s painting “Charles I Insulted by Cromwell’s Soldiers,” which miraculously rose from the ashes of World War II, has finally gone on display more than half a century after it was thought destroyed by German bombers.

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