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Modest Success at Christie's Cheers Art World

Jason Farago — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:32:41 CDT

Christie's contemporary auction in New York last night went better than expected, selling $93.7 million worth of postwar art—double the result of its rival Sotheby's the night before. The top lot was a 12-foot panorama by British painter David Hockney, which sold for $7.9 million, a record...

Hockney Donates 40-Footer to Tate

Jason Farago — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:20:04 CDT

David Hockney has donated his largest-ever painting to London's Tate museum rather than sell it for a presumed price of several million dollars, reports the Times of London. Hockney, one of the world's foremost figurative painters, said donating the 40-foot-long Bigger Trees Near Warter was a "duty," and added, "You've...

England Douses Public Smoking

Dustin Lushing — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:55:24 CDT

The English ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, including bars, workplaces, and public buildings, went into effect at 6am today. The effort to improve indoor air quality and inconvenience some smokers into quitting will cause grumbling, says the country's chief medical officer, but "on the whole, the majority of...