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The Art Of Elysium: Unlocked

Please join us Thursday, June 10th for the Opening Reception of Unlocked: A selection from The Art of Elysium Private Art Collection at the Century City Westfield space 26. The Art of Elysium is a Los Angeles based arts organization working with actors, artists, musicians and designers to provide workshops for children who are battling [...]

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Stalling Polaroid Art Sale with Sotheby’s

A group led by a former US magistrate judge has launched an 11th hour campaign to prevent the auction of photographs from the Polaroid collection. Judge Sam Joyner and others are working towards filing a motion for a rehearing at the Minnesota bankruptcy court that awarded sale rights to Sotheby’s last August. The Art Newspaper [...]

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Christie’s Auction Shatters Old Master Record

Raphael’s “Head of a Muse” (1508–11) went for £29.1 million ($47.9 million), the highest price ever paid for a drawing at auction.
LONDON—Buyers proved willing to spend substantial sums to acquire the choicest works on offer at Christie’s Old Masters and 19th Century Sale last night, setting an all-time record for the largest total recorded at such an [...]

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