Gerhard Richter

Topless Beatrice Arthur painting part of record $495-million auction

2013-05-16 08:00:00

Did it come with a card attached that says, "Thank you for being a friend"? A 1991 painting depicting a topless Bea Arthur that was created by artist John Currin has sold at an auction Wednesday for $1.9 million. The sale was part of a larger Christie's...

Giant 'Rubber Duck' deflates in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor

2013-05-15 13:49:00

A popular art installation in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor is no longer making waves. A 54-foot rubber duck, designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, started deflating Tuesday, and by Wednesday, the piece looked like a flattened yellow pancake bobbing...

Artworks by Barnett Newman and Gerhard Richter set auction records

2013-05-15 10:33:00

A painting by Barnett Newman set an artist record at auction on Tuesday, selling for $43.8 million in New York. Sotheby's had expected "Onement VI," an abstract work in dark blue, to go for between $30 million and $40 million. The sale was part of a...

Richard Jackson wants to make you feel uncomfortable

2013-02-15 08:40:00

The sculpture of a giant black Labrador outside the Orange County Museum of Art looks friendly, nose to the sky and tail up. But with a hind leg cocked, "Bad Dog" is designed to spray gallons of yellow paint through a powerful gear pump onto the museum...

Around Town: Marilyn, Lucy and Kristy McNichol hit the big screen

2012-05-31 16:40:06

Mark Rothko painting sells for $87 million at auction

2012-05-09 08:05:00

An oil painting by Mark Rothko sold for $86.9 million at a Christie's auction in New York on Tuesday, setting a record for the abstract expressionist painter. Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow," which dates from 1961, was being sold by�the estate of David...

Art review: Whitney Bedford at Susanne Vielmetter

2011-12-08 21:33:08

Monster Mash: Alan Rickman's Broadway play moving to West End?

2012-01-13 16:33:09

Influences: Early Morning Opera's Lars Jan

2012-01-25 16:33:16

Book review: 'The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories' by Don DeLillo

2011-11-27 00:00:00

It's impossible not to get a sense of d�j� vu reading "The Angel Esmeralda," the first book of short stories in Don DeLillo's 40-year career. The themes here are echoes — of one another, yes, but even more, of the issues that have defined DeLillo'...

Francis Bacon, Gerhard Richter works bring in millions at auction

2012-02-16 16:32:22

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' headed for auction at Sotheby's

2012-02-21 16:32:47

A Tate employee is reflected as she poses with artist Gerhard Richter 's artwork 11 Panes 11Scheiben (CR:886-5) at the press launch of the new exhibition Gerhard Richter : Panorama at the Tate Modern gallery in London.

2011-10-04 00:00:00

The work of German painter Gerhard Richter is featured in one of the Art Institute's Modern Wing galleries in 2009.

2009-04-28 00:00:00

BLURRING THE LINES: Gerhard Richter s 1965 Uncle Rudi made a point about German families.

2009-01-19 15:19:20