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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dutch Gallery Suffers Major Art Heist

A 23-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating a break-in at an art gallery in Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, last Friday. The suspect was arrested in Berckel-Enschot, a village 2km away from Oisterwijk, on Tuesday morning, police said. He has been placed in strict confinement and can only communicate with his lawyer.

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Dutch Gallery Owner Alleys with Thieves by Arson at Art Gallery

Dutch News

A 23-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating a break-in at an art gallery in Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, last Friday. The suspect was arrested in Berckel-Enschot, a village 2km away from Oisterwijk, on Tuesday morning, police said. He has been placed in strict confinement and can only communicate with his lawyer.

Law Crime Art Theft Oisterwijk

11 months, 1 week ago

Andy Warhol: The extraordinary story of the $100m art fraud committed by the artist’s foundation

The Independent

This excerpt documents the bombshell moment when, through his lawyer Brian Kerr, Joe Simon uncovered the scale and scope of criminal wrongdoing by the Andy Warhol Foundation and Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. He has found documentary evidence that, in flagrant abuse of the values it professed to hold, the Foundation had confiscated paintings from the offsite factory where many …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Andy Warhol portrait of OJ Simpson goes on auction block

Associated Press

NEW YORK — It was 1977, and Andy Warhol was at work on his “Athletes” series, portraits of top sports personalities who, he felt, were gaining cultural prominence just like “the movie stars of yesterday.” One of them was then the star running back of the Buffalo Bills: O.J. Signed by both men, the portrait is billed by the auction …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Andy Warhol portrait of OJ Simpson goes on auction block

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It was 1977, and Andy …

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1 year, 10 months ago

‘Guess what, I’m alive!’: How New York artist Alice Neel seduced us with her fearless, fleshy portraits

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There’s something about Neel’s work that is very seductive for people,” says Eleanor Nairne, the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court case

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Andy Warhol and Prince held center stage in a copyright case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that veered from Cheerios and “Mona Lisa” analogies to Justice Clarence Thomas’ enthusiasm for the “Purple Rain” showman. Justice Thomas on Wednesday asked the foundation’s lawyer, Roman Martinez, whether the foundation would sue him for copyright infringement if he got creative …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Is it a Warhol, or stolen property?

LA Times

Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of the artist then known as Prince, and one of Andy Warhol’s variations on a theme. But a battle continues over whether Warhol infringed Goldsmith’s copyright or whether he used the photo legally under copyright law’s “fair use” doctrine to create the portraits. According to the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Warhol “cropped the image …

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2 years, 3 months ago

From Lucian Freud to Andy Warhol: The artistic depictions of the Queen

The Independent

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2 years, 7 months ago

Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe portrait sold for record USD 195 million

Hindustan Times

A Marilyn Monroe portrait by Andy Warhol was sold at $195 million at the auction house Christie's in New York on Monday. Warhol's painting received the highest price for any American work of art sold at auction 'One of the greatest paintings of all time' "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" by the pop artist "is the absolute pinnacle of American Pop," …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Warhol's famed 'Marilyn' silk-screen sells for record $195 million at auction

Hindustan Times

Pop artist Andy Warhol's famed 1964 silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 million at auction on Monday, a record for a work by an American artist sold at auction. In this file photo taken on April 29, 2022 a man looks at Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' during Christie's 20th and 21st Century Art press preview at …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe and the darker side of the Sixties

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The fun-loving hedonism of Woodstock and Beatlemania may be etched into our cultural memory, but …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Photographer Lynn Goldsmith wins lawsuit over copyright of Andy Warhol artworks based on her pictures of Prince

Firstpost

A US appeals court sided with a photographer on Friday in a copyright dispute over how a foundation has marketed a series of Andy Warhol works of art based on one of her pictures of Prince. A concurring opinion written by Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs said the ruling would not affect the use of the 16 Warhol Prince series works …

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Dutch Gallery Suffers Major Art Heist

Dutch Gallery Owner Alleys with Thieves by Arson at Art Gallery

Andy Warhol: The extraordinary story of the $100m art fraud committed by the artist’s foundation

Andy Warhol portrait of OJ Simpson goes on auction block

Andy Warhol portrait of OJ Simpson goes on auction block

‘Guess what, I’m alive!’: How New York artist Alice Neel seduced us with her fearless, fleshy portraits

Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court case

Column: Is it a Warhol, or stolen property?

From Lucian Freud to Andy Warhol: The artistic depictions of the Queen

Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe portrait sold for record USD 195 million

Warhol's famed 'Marilyn' silk-screen sells for record $195 million at auction

Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe and the darker side of the Sixties

Photographer Lynn Goldsmith wins lawsuit over copyright of Andy Warhol artworks based on her pictures of Prince