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Calif. art patron's collection to be sold in NYC (Greenwich Time)

NEW YORK (AP) — A modern art collection belonging to California philanthropist Frances Lasker Brody will be auctioned in New York City in May. A seminal work by Pablo Picasso , "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," is expected to fetch $70 million to $90 million at the May 4-5 sale at Christie's.

Calif. art patron's collection to be sold in NYC (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A modern art collection belonging to California philanthropist Frances Lasker Brody will be auctioned in New York City in May.

Modern-art cache gets $150M auction (New York Post)

A mammoth private collection of modern art valued at more than $150 million is set to hit the auction block in New York. The staggering collection -- which includes works by Picasso, Matisse, Giacometti and Degas -- belonged to the late Frances Lasker Brody and her developer husband, Sidney Brody...

Nude man with nothing becomes Kingston art installation (Kingston Guardian)

An artist who walked into a Kingston art gallery without any food, water or clothes on Tuesday, March 2, has thrown himself on the mercy of visitors to give him what he needs to survive a five-day stay in a stark, unfurnished room.

Art or child porn? Now censors must decide (Brisbane Times)

ARTISTS who create images of nude children would have to pay $500 an image to get Commonwealth classification to make absolutely sure they would not be prosecuted under new child pornography laws.

Germany has love-hate relationship to daring Pop Art guru Mel Ramos (Deutsche Welle)

Some say Mel Ramos revolutionized art in the 1960s by melding it with advertising. A Tuebingen museum has devoted the first retrospective ever to the Californian who says he paints pictures of women, not women.

Broad Street To Get New Public Art Piece (The Chattanoogan)

Broad Street will be getting a new piece of public art - thanks to the owners of Lupi's Pizza. Larry Zehnder, city parks and recreation director, said the owners of the pizza place at 406 Broad St. want to place the art work out front.

Christie's to sell $150 million private collection (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Christie's will offer a private art collection valued at more than $150 million in May, the auctioneer said on Wednesday, including a Picasso estimated to be worth $70-90 million.

Planned Parenthood seeking artists for "Re-Nude" art show (Charleston City Paper)

The all-nude show, Re-Nude: A Celebration of the Body, will include all mediums and will take place at a pop-up shop at 501 King Street on April 15. by Erica Jackson Planned Parenthood is putting together an art auction to increase awareness and raise funds for the organization, and theyre seeking entries from artists. The all-nude show, Re-Nude: A Celebration of the Body, will include all ...

James A. Michener Art Museum Edward Weston: Of Green Peppers, D.H. Lawrence, and the Supreme Instant (Princeton Town Topics)

The best way to fully appreciate the 100 photographic works on view in the James A. Michener Museum’s exhibit “Edward Weston: Life Work” would be to rent the gallery for a week, put up a tent, and bed down every night in a world of Westons.

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