Read more Andy Warhol stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1621/andy-warhol.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:29:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74636/boyles-i-dreamed-great-for-fans-but.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics agree that for what it is, Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream ain't half bad. Fans will love it, and the rest of the world may respond with the same odd mixture of feelings that accompanied her television debut. Some takes: "Boyle's record is no joke," Linnie Rawlinson writes...http://www.newser.com/story/74636/boyles-i-dreamed-great-for-fans-but.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 13:04:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72757/highest-earning-dead-celebs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe stars on Forbes ' annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities number, appropriately, 13. To make the list, a "deleb" must have brought in at least $6 million in the past year. This year's list is notably missing former mainstays Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Steve McQueen, and puts...http://www.newser.com/story/72757/highest-earning-dead-celebs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 12:19:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70183/michelle-first-ladies-to-swing-by-pa-farm-museum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn her first outing as an international hostess, Michelle Obama is welcoming the spouses of world leaders to Pittsburgh today with a program covering some of her own interests: art and architecture, arts education, sustainable farming, and locally grown food. The first lady and her guests will have dinner tonight...http://www.newser.com/story/70183/michelle-first-ladies-to-swing-by-pa-farm-museum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 7:57:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69228/warhol-collection-stolen-from-la-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA multi-million dollar collection of portraits by Andy Warhol has been stolen from a prominent collector's home, the Los Angeles Times reports. Former investment banker Richard Weisman's housekeeper discovered that The Athletes series of 11 portraits—worth as much as a million a pop—had vanished when she entered the...http://www.newser.com/story/69228/warhol-collection-stolen-from-la-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 5:58:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67299/in-warhols-junk-pile-cash-soup-nude-jackie-o.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAndy Warhol was a prolific collector, but his accumulations defied categorization until 1973, when a colleague suggested he put his finds in boxes. That didn’t help much, the AP reports. “He really didn’t like organization and there would be several boxes going at a time,” says the leader of a...http://www.newser.com/story/67299/in-warhols-junk-pile-cash-soup-nude-jackie-o.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 15:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66008/breakthrough-black-model-naomi-sims-dead-at-61.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNaomi Sims, the first black model to grace the cover of Ladies Home Journal —and arguably the first black supermodel—has died at 61, the New York Times reports. Her family says the cause was cancer. Sims burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, but chose in the ‘70s...http://www.newser.com/story/66008/breakthrough-black-model-naomi-sims-dead-at-61.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 16:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57775/strapped-art-market-preps-for-auctions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter a 7-year boom, art auction houses are struggling as collectors hit hard by the recession close their wallets. Sotheby’s predicts it will pull in $179 million to $256 million at spring sales, compared to $742 million a year ago. As the spring events approach, auctioneers are employing an array...http://www.newser.com/story/57775/strapped-art-market-preps-for-auctions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 10:21:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55539/art-prices-tumble-35.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArt prices went into freefall in the first quarter, as cash-strapped collectors unloaded their masterpieces, the Financial Times reports. Prices dropped 35%, after falling just 4.8% for all of 2008. Postwar and contemporary artists, favorites of the Wall Street elite, have been hit especially hard, with even the best...http://www.newser.com/story/55539/art-prices-tumble-35.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 10:22:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49084/brandeis-shuts-museum-will-sell-6000-works.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacing severe budget shortfalls, Brandeis University will close its well-regarded modern art museum and sell off the entire 6,000-work collection, reports the Boston Globe . The move has shocked the art world and drawn heavy criticism from museum and university professionals. "This is not a happy day in the history...http://www.newser.com/story/49084/brandeis-shuts-museum-will-sell-6000-works.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 8:06:00 CST