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Met Museum Director Out as Finances Spiral: Will Anna Wintour’s Super Expensive Met Ball Be Next?
Thomas P. Campbell is out as director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The New York Times has reported this month about...
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Beatles Plan 50th Anniversary of “Sgt. Pepper” as “Revolver” Gets Its Own Celebration
We're waiting now for word from Apple Records and the Beatles. The most important rock album of all time, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club...
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Controversial Director Roman Polanski Forced to Resign as President of French Oscars After Women’s Groups Complain
Oscar winning director Roman Polanski's 1977 rape saga continues to haunt him-- now even in his home country of France.
This past week, Polanski was...
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Need a Xmas Gift for a Billionaire? Knockout $600K Dale Chihuly Wall Installation For Sale in Toronto
Need a last minute gift for a billionaire? The best thing I saw all year was in a Toronto art gallery owned by the...
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All Hail Bob Dylan, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, First American Since 1993
Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
Dylan is the first...
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Hamptons Saturday: Alessandro Nivola Hosts Brother Adrian’s Art Show for Heavy A Listers Damian Lewis, Martin Amis
HAMPTONS SATURDAY Adrian Nivola's opening show of new sculptures at the Drawing Room in East Hampton was pretty swell. His brother Alessandro and sister...
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Is Anna Wintour’s Super Expensive Met Ball Causing Job Losses, Cost Cutting at Museum?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has just announced it's laying off three top execs. They are Cynthia Round, the museum’s senior vice president for...
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Shia LaBeouf On James Franco: “His output is admirable but his work has little meaning to me”
Shia LaBeouf, troubled soul, good actor, philosopher, has given Art News an interesting interview about his work and ideas. ArtNews interviewed him with "collaborators"...