Andy 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.
Edvard Munch’s iconic image “The Scream” has been burned into the human psyche as a symbol of man’s primal fear. For a mere $80 million or more, the last privately held copy, one of four created by the artist, can be yours.
Author Pat Walker wandered into a bar in Mexico with her husband, hoping to enjoy a rock concert by a famous singer unknown to her, but something frightening and wonderful happens instead.
Fu Baoshi, one of the most renowned modern artists in China and a favorite of Chairman Mao, will be featured in a new Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit. He painted during on of China’s most tumultuous periods.
Charlotte Bronte, a 19th century English novelist and poet, apparently means more to France than Great Britain. A French museum aced out the Bronte museum in England for a rare manuscript written by the author.
Elizabeth Taylor’s ample closets contained more than $2.6 million in fashion couture, which hit the auction block at Christie’s yesterday. A silver encrusted brocade gown sold for more than 70 times the pre-sale estimate.
Elizabeth Taylor’s long love affair with Richard Burton, which included two marriages, yielded a treasure trove of jewelry that topped bidding at a spectacular $115 million auction of the actresses collection at Christie’s in New York.
