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At Christie’s, Bidders Compete to Own James Brown’s ‘Sex Machine’ Belt
Paul Shaffer and a hundred other bidders overpay for the hardest-working memorabilia in the memorabilia business.
Posted 07/17/08 in Vulture : News Reel
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Know Your South Asian Art
For those who only know Anish Kapoor (who's based in London anyway), here's a quick primer on the heavies of Indian art.
Posted 06/06/08 in Vulture : The Take
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Takashi Murakami Watches From the Wings at Sotheby's
Plus: Robert Rauschenberg sets a record two days after his death.
Posted 05/15/08 in Vulture : News Reel
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Will Rauschenberg's Death Create a Feeding Frenzy at Sotheby's?
Forgive us for being, well, vultures, but we could see Robert Rauschenberg setting a new sales record tomorrow night.
Posted 05/13/08 in Vulture : Apropos of Nothing
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Meet the New Titans of Contemporary Chinese Art
Chinese contemporary art has been an up-and-coming market the past few years, and the heady Christie’s International auction that happened earlier this week in Hong Kong underscored that, bringing in $108.3 million in one day.
Posted 12/07/07 in Vulture : The Take
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Number Five Is Alive ... And Can Be Yours (For $100,000)
Surely the finest movie ever made featuring a wisecracking robot and Fisher Stevens in South Asian makeup, Short Circuit holds a special place in our adolescent moviegoing memory.
Posted 07/25/07 in Vulture : Pop Trash
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British Woman Had Titian Hanging in Her Living Room
Plus industry news on Ben Silverman, ABC's new dance show, and Kate Beckinsale as … Judith Miller?
Posted 07/19/07 in Vulture : The Industry
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Annotated Artwork: Ripping and Shredding the Art Market
Ron Rocheleau, the one-man editing machine behind the mid-nineties Public Access hit Concrete TV, is back with a solo debut at Chelsea’s Cristinerose. After a thirteen-year hiatus from galleries, Concrete Ron has abandoned the crash footage, porn tapes, and B-movie clips of his TV days.
Posted 06/08/07 in Vulture : Liner Notes
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Batten Down the Scenery: De Niro, Pacino Back Together
AP Photos: Andrew Medichini (left), Chris Carlson (right) De Niro, Pacino Team Up: $60 million indie Righteous Kill will pair Robert De Niro and Al Pacino onscreen for only the second time ever. Directed by Jon Avnet and written by...
Posted 05/17/07 in Vulture : The Industry
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Who Actually Bought the Rothko? (Hint: The ‘Times’ Was Wrong!)
Photo by Getty Images Who was the bearded man at Sotheby’s? Last night, a hirsute David Rockefeller Jr. pressed up against the glass of the skybox overlooking Sotheby’s salesroom, his philanthropist father beside him, watching their family’s 1950 Mark Rothko...
Posted 05/16/07 in Vulture : News Reel
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Mars Investigations Closed for Good?
Kristen Bell and Enrico Colantoni in Veronica Mars.Courtesy of the CW So Long, Veronica Mars: Adios to Rob Thomas's CW cult hit Veronica Mars, as sources familiar with the situation tell Variety that the series is canceled. Last-minute attempts were...
Posted 05/16/07 in Vulture : The Industry
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