The Kramlichs are known in the art world for betting on the newest thing.
Although his career was budding, being a known name in the art world is quite different form being a household name.
In a pioneering initiative with Google, MIA and the nearby Arab Museum of Modern Art, also known as Mathaf, have become the only institutions in the Middle East to give visitors online access to their ever expanding art collections.
German artist Isa Genzken was arguably better known in American art circles as the ex-wife of Gerhard Richter when Germany invited her at age 59 to show her quirky assemblages in Venice in 2007.
Another well-known billionaire art lover was in the de Pury crowd last night: Laurence Graff, the London jeweler, who has set auction records of his own.
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The version of "The Scream" on the block Wednesday was one of four -- two pastels and two paintings -- executed between 1893 and 1910, Sotheby's said, and is one of the best-known images in modern art.
In the mid-nineties, Bag (an art-world darling best known for the chameleonlike range of personae that she adopts in bitingly satirical videos) and Beckwith (of the cult-favorite collaborative Art Club 2000) co-hosted a late-night public-access TV show.
The real value of aboriginal art lies in a heritage that can be traced to the earliest known painters.
It was designed and built in 1974 by Kunio Maekawa, a pupil of Le Corbusier best known for his public buildings in Tokyo, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
This internationally known and respected boutique institution, the first modern art museum in America, is about to unveil its first permanent installation in more than 50 years.
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To confirm that prices at auction truly reflected quality, or what passes for it in the art world, the authors looked at the ages at which painters had created the works reproduced by critics in well-known art books.
In a country known for beaches, wine country and wildlife, the rock art of the Cederberg is very much worth a visit, too, and the pleasures here are heightened by the comforts of Bushmans Kloof (aloof being the Afrikaans word for "gorge").
Because in his new memoir, "An Artist in Venice" (Godine), he tackles one of the best-known, and most thoroughly researched, subjects in all of art and literature.
In the past seven years, Pinault has shown some of the most avant-garde art to be exhibited in a city known for its Renaissance beauty.
He first tried painting in 1980, when the company now known as Anheuser-Busch InBev NV sponsored an art project and asked him to create something representative of his sport.
In addition to the Gross Clinic, some of Eakins most well-known paintings include Mending the Net (Philadelphia Museum of Art) and Max Schmitt in a Single Scull (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Collectors willing to put in the time to look for lesser known Latin American artists will surely be rewarded with gorgeous art at a reasonable price.
It is well-known for bringing derelict buildings back into use, most notably the famous Art Deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire, and Fort Dunlop in Birmingham.
The squad is known to have been using state-of-the-art DNA techniques to check for breakthroughs in cases.
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The Liverpool Echo reports Mr Bampton was originally from Wallasey in Merseyside and the former St Mary's College pupil was a well-known face on the Liverpool art scene.
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Two years ago Read helped conceive the idea for Art'Otels four-star accommodations with original artwork by well-known artists in every room.
While billionaire was trying to keep this purchase in the down low, at least according to the Post, his love of art is a well known and has been covered extensively.
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