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Warren Buffett is sitting on over $325 billion cash as Berkshire Hathaway keeps selling Apple stock
Read full article: Warren Buffett is sitting on over $325 billion cash as Berkshire Hathaway keeps selling Apple stockWarren Buffett is now sitting on more than $325 billion cash after continuing to unload billions of dollars worth of Apple and Bank of America shares this year and continuing to collect a steady stream of profits from all of Berkshire Hathaway’s assorted businesses without finding any major acquisitions.
'Amateurish' thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery
Read full article: 'Amateurish' thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch galleryThieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stolen two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol.
'Donyale Luna: Supermodel' shines a light on the first Black model to grace cover of Vogue
Read full article: 'Donyale Luna: Supermodel' shines a light on the first Black model to grace cover of Vogue“Donyale Luna: Supermodel," a documentary streaming on Max, offers insight into how the first Black model to grace the covers of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue went largely unknown for years after her death.
🛒From Polaroids to Instant Pots: Every year’s must-have shopping fad since 1973
Read full article: 🛒From Polaroids to Instant Pots: Every year’s must-have shopping fad since 1973Shopping has changed over the years — from small, local businesses to big-box stores with global supply chains and the ease of online shopping — but one thing has stayed the same: American consumers don't want to miss out on the next big thing.
Florida art dealer gets 2 years, 3 months in Warhol forgery scheme
Read full article: Florida art dealer gets 2 years, 3 months in Warhol forgery schemeA South Florida art dealer has been sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison in connection with a scheme involving the sale of fake Andy Warhol paintings.
Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol's foundation in a case about a portrait he made of Prince
Read full article: Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol's foundation in a case about a portrait he made of PrinceThe Supreme Court says the 2016 publication of an Andy Warhol image of the singer Prince violated a photographer’s copyright.
Wartime Ukraine erasing Russian past from public spaces
Read full article: Wartime Ukraine erasing Russian past from public spacesUkraine is accelerating efforts to erase Soviet and Russian influence from its public spaces by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honor its own artists, poets, soldiers and independence leaders.
Climate protesters target Warhol art in Australian gallery
Read full article: Climate protesters target Warhol art in Australian galleryClimate protesters in Australia scrawled graffiti and glued themselves to an Andy Warhol artwork depicting Campbell’s soup cans but didn’t appear to damage the piece because it’s encased in glass.
Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court case
Read full article: Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court caseAndy 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.
Supreme Court's top cases for new term, new Justice Jackson
Read full article: Supreme Court's top cases for new term, new Justice JacksonThe Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday and will hear arguments for the first time after a summer break and with new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson among its nine members.
Orlando Museum of Art organizes exhibition task force following Basquiat FBI raid, director departure
Read full article: Orlando Museum of Art organizes exhibition task force following Basquiat FBI raid, director departureThe Orlando Museum of Art announced the organization of an exhibition task force nearly two months after the FBI raided and seized works the museum displayed and claimed were created by Jean-Michele Basquiat.
Beyond buffets and slots: Casinos double down on fine art
Read full article: Beyond buffets and slots: Casinos double down on fine artHoping to expand their appeal beyond the slot machine and buffet crowd, some casinos are turning to fine art galleries to bring in new business from customers who might not otherwise visit a gambling hall.
Orlando Museum of Art announces change in directors following investigation
Read full article: Orlando Museum of Art announces change in directors following investigationFollowing a raid by the FBI where investigators seized the Orlando Museum of Art’s Basquiat exhibit, museum officials have announced a change in leadership.
High court to hear case about Andy Warhol art, Prince photo
Read full article: High court to hear case about Andy Warhol art, Prince photoThe Supreme Court has agreed to review a copyright dispute involving works of art by the artist Andy Warhol that were based on a photograph of the musician Prince.
Todd Haynes: Finding the frequency of the Velvet Underground
Read full article: Todd Haynes: Finding the frequency of the Velvet UndergroundThe most often-repeated thing said about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno’s quip that the band didn’t sell many records, but everyone who bought one started a band.
Todd Haynes doc seeks the genesis of the Velvet Underground
Read full article: Todd Haynes doc seeks the genesis of the Velvet UndergroundThe most often-repeated thing said about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno’s quip that the band didn’t sell many records, but everyone who bought one started a band.
US court sides with photographer in fight over Warhol art
Read full article: US court sides with photographer in fight over Warhol artFILE - In this 1976 file photo, pop artist Andy Warhol smiles in New York. A federal appeals court sided with a photographer Friday, March 26, 2021, in her copyright dispute over how a foundation has marketed a series of Andy Warhol works of art based on her pictures of Prince. In a statement, Goldsmith said she was grateful to the outcome in the 4-year-old fight initiated by a lawsuit from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. “Over fifty years of established art history and popular consensus confirms that Andy Warhol is one of the most transformative artists of the 20th Century,” Nikas said in a statement. Ad“We feel compelled to clarify that it is entirely irrelevant to this analysis that “each Prince Series work is immediately recognizable as a ‘Warhol,’” the appeals court said.
Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh; stores that ship
Read full article: Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh; stores that ship(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK – The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other. And with more people shopping online, stores are doing double duty as shipping centers to try to get gifts to doorsteps as fast as possible. Meanwhile, Best Buy says that 340 of its stores are being specially designated to handle a higher volume of online orders, though all its stores ship e-commerce packages. Its goal: to have the 340 stores ship more than 70% of its ship-from-store units during the holiday quarter. Typically, 25% of holiday shopping is based on impulse, according to Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor at NPD Group, a market research firm.
California man sentenced in $6M modern art fraud scheme
Read full article: California man sentenced in $6M modern art fraud schemeLOS ANGELES A Southern California man who authorities say tried to sell $6 million worth of phony paintings he claimed were created by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and other modern masters was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison. Philip Righter, 43, of West Hollywood was sentenced in a federal court in Miami after pleading guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and tax fraud, the U.S. attorney's office said. Righter was given 60 months in prison in a case that was filed in Los Angeles. The judge also handed down a five-year sentence in a Florida case in which Righter acknowledged trying to sell forgeries to the owner of a Miami art gallery. Richter sold the bogus artworks from 2016 through June of 2018, creating phony documents to back up his claims that they were genuine, prosecutors said.