Fine Art

Andy Warhol's Triple Elvis [Ferus Type] is set to be auctioned at Christie's, and expectations are high — but Warhol's estate won't see any of the money.

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Economy

Famous Paintings Sell For Millions At Auction, But The Artist Gets Zero

2:02pm November 12, 2014

by Eric Molinsky

Unlike novelists and musicians, visual artists don't get royalties for their work. New legislation aims to fix this by taxing public sales, but auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's oppose the idea.

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'Grand Bargain' Will Help Save Detroit — And Its Art

8:11pm November 07, 2014

by Elizabeth Blair

A federal judge in Detroit ruled favorably on the city's "grand bargain" on Friday, approving the city's exit from Bankruptcy. We look at the role foundations played in bringing it about and the Foundation for Detroit's Future, which will be set up in the wake of the verdict.

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Donor Gives Los Angeles Museum Art Worth $500 Million

8:38pm November 06, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Billionaire Jerry Perenchio will donate works by masters such as Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, René Magritte and Pablo Picasso.

Arts

Sotheby's Has Record Auction With Works By Giacometti, Van Gogh

10:23am November 06, 2014

by Elizabeth Blair

On Tuesday night, Sotheby's brought in its highest total yet for a single auction: more than $422 million dollars. The record total owed a lot to the sale of two works — a Giacometti sculpture that went for $101 million and Van Gogh's "Still Life with Daisies and Poppies" fetched $61.8 million.

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Tourists take photos and listen to an audio tour in front of El Greco's 'The Disrobing of Christ' inside Toledo's cathedral.

400 Years After Death, El Greco Receives Celebration He Sought

6:44pm November 05, 2014

by Sean Carberry

The painter had mixed fortunes in life, but his works are receiving the royal treatment in Crete and Spain on the 400th anniversary of his death.

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Arts

'Ciao, Carpaccio!' Painter's Reputation No Longer Sliced Thin

2:25pm November 01, 2014

Jan Morris's new book is an ode to Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio. Yes, the thinly sliced meat is named after him. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Morris about her life, work and favorite painter.

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Edgar Degas' Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is on display at the National Gallery of Art until Jan. 11.

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'Little Dancer' Musical Imagines The Story Behind Degas' Mysterious Muse

11:31am October 20, 2014

by Susan Stamberg

Ballerina Marie Van Goethem started modeling for Edgar Degas around 1878 and inspired his statue Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. But history lost track of her after she left the Paris Opera.

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The Man Who Casts The Metal For The Master Sculptors

8:15pm October 14, 2014

by Karen Michel

If you're an artist with an idea for a metal masterpiece, you'd probably turn to Dick Politch to cast it. His foundry has done works for over 500 artists. We get a look at an exhibit of his creations.

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The face in Jorge RodrÃÂguez-Gerada's larger-than-life portrait is a composite of photos the artist took of young men from many racial backgrounds.

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On The National Mall, An American Portrait In Sand And Soil

1:14pm October 12, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

This month, the National Portrait Gallery presented its largest portrait yet, a 6-acre face rendered in sand and soil on the National Mall.

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'This Impromptu Dance': Geoffrey Holder's Son Tells One More Story

11:52am October 09, 2014

by Leo Holder

Dancer, choreographer, director, actor and painter Geoffrey Holder died Sunday. His son, Leo, writes about the remarkable last night he spent with his father.