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- The Divine Comedy by Salvador Dali
Dante’s Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri was a great poet and master of Italian literature. The Divine Comedy, written by Dante between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and is considered one of the greatest literary works in the world. The poem tells of
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Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:58:25 EST - Wynn sues Lloyds of London for Picasso damage!
Steve Wynn sued Lloyd's of London after they failed to pay off a $54 million insurance claim when he accidentally poked a 3-inch hole in one of his Picasso paintings.One of the world’s top art collectors, Wynn purchased the painting "Le Reve" (meaning “The D... (continued on artrev.com)
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Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:19:00 EST - Floral Art
While floral art has always been popular, it is presently experiencing a growth spurt, with new and unique interpretations of classic imagery emerging. Floral imagery has taken on a new twist, with an emphasis on bright color and a more
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Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:28:42 EST - Picasso stolen from Brazilian Museum!
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, and The Coffee Worker by Brazil's Candido Portinari, were stolen from the Museum of Art of Sao Paulo in a brazen theft at dawn. It took thieves just three minutes as the guards inside were going through their shift change. Security cameras show three men entering the museum with a crow bar and a car jack at 5:09 am, grabbing the two paintings fr... (continued on artrev.com)
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Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:49:05 EST - Picasso bronze sets new sculpture record
Pablo Picasso, who mastered every medium and whose paintings have fetched some of the highest prices in history, recently took ownership of the sculpture category. A Picasso sculpture in
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Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:28:57 EST - Contemporary Art is Red Hot!
The contemporary art boom continues to climb, as exemplified by recent auction records at both Sotheby’s and Christies.
Of the 50 contemporary artists included in a recent Christie’s sale, more than half broke records. Pop artist Andy Warhol’s painting e... (continued on artrev.com)
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Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:25:22 EST - Miraculous recovery of stolen Tomayo painting!
The abstract work, Tres Personajes, created in 1970 by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, sold for $1,049,000 US to an unidentified U.S. collector at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
The painting, an important piece from Tomayo’s mature body of work, was purcha... (continued on artrev.com)
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Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:14:37 EST - Hugh Grants "Liz" fetches $23.7 million in auction!
British actor Hugh Grant’s Andy Warhol portrait of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor from 1963 fetched $23.7 million in auction at Christie’s New York.
The portrait, titled “Liz (Colored Liz),” was bought by an anonymous phone bidder for slightly below its estimate of $25 million to $35 million. Even so, it still set a new record for the Liz series (the pre... (continued on artrev.com)
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Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:27:01 EST - Famous Painters in Film
SURVIVING PICASSO (1996, James Ivory). Anthony Hopkins plays Pablo Picasso. Other onscreen artists: Joss Ackland as Henri Matisse.
FRIDA (2002, Julie Taymor). Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo. Other onscreen artists: Alfred Molina as Diego Rivera,... (continued on artrev.com)
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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:50:58 EST - Al Pacino to play the role of Salvador Dali
Oscar winner, Al Pacino, will play the role of Surrealist painter Salvador Dali in an upcoming film called "Dali & I: The Surreal Story".
The movie will document the 1960s-80s, a time when most of View & Post Comments - Al Pacino to play the role of Salvador Dali
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:39:20 EST - A Rocking Good Christmas!
For Norman Rockwell, Christmas was the most special time of the year. His illustrations of Santa Claus are the standard by which all other Santas have been measured.
On November 30th 2007, a Norman Rockwell painting of Santa Claus perched on a stepladder sold for $2.17 mil... (continued on artrev.com)
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Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:18:09 EST - Winston Churchill's Marrakech up for Auction
Sotheby’s has announced that a painting of Marrakech by Winston Churchill will be offered at auction. Painted circa 1948, Marrakech, is considered one of Churchill’s better works and has exemplary provenance - it was a gift from Churchill to the former US Pr... (continued on artrev.com)
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Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:10:38 EST - Salvador Dali Quotes
- When I paint, the sea roars. The others splash about in the bath.
- Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
- The problem with the youth of today' is that one is no longer part of it.
- Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
- When the c... (continued on artrev.com)
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Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:49:52 EST - Dali's Destino
"I have come to Hollywood and am in touch with the three great American surrealists -- the Marx Brothers, Cecil B. DeMille and Walt Disney," the artist wrote to his friend Andre Breton in 1937. Salvador Dali had a great admiration for Walt Disney and wanted to create a movie ... (continued on artrev.com)
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Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:44:21 EST - A $40 million Elbow!
Steve Wynn, the casino magnate and collector of masterpieces, is the owner of “Le Rêve,” Picasso’s 1932 portrait of his mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter. It is his favorite painting and which the show at Wynn Las Vegas is named after (he even considered naming the casino and hotel “Le Reve”, which means “The Dream”). He acquired... (continued on artrev.com)
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Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:21:10 EST
