Read more Mark Rothko stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5379/mark-rothko.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:40:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71130/obamas-art-collection-modern-aggressive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack and Michelle Obama, working with curators at the White House and DC museums, have borrowed 47 artworks for their walls, and their selections are far more modern and discerning than their predecessors', writes Blake Gopnik. The Washington Post critic is impressed by the "surprisingly sober, even dour" choices they...http://www.newser.com/story/71130/obamas-art-collection-modern-aggressive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 8:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63268/madoffs-money-man-sells-rothkos-for-310m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEzra Merkin, the financier who pumped billions of his clients' money into Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, is selling more than 10 paintings by Mark Rothko and two sculptures by Alberto Giacometti for $310 million, reports the Wall Street Journal . Some of the proceeds may go to his defrauded investors, who...http://www.newser.com/story/63268/madoffs-money-man-sells-rothkos-for-310m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 7:53:22 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/27463/art-continues-to-buck-ragged-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChristie's auction of contemporary art in New York belied an economic downturn, the Times reports, with paintings, sculpture, and even a house fetching handsome prices. Two works drew particular attention: a portrait of a 280-pound nude woman by Lucian Freud, which sold for $33.6 million, and a house in...http://www.newser.com/story/27463/art-continues-to-buck-ragged-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 May 2008 14:21:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2291/72m-sale-shatters-warhol-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Andy Warhol painting sold for $71.7 million last night at Christie's, more than quadrupling the previous record price for a work by the pop artist. The price for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)," part of Warhol's "Death and Disaster" series, more than doubled the presale estimate...http://www.newser.com/story/2291/72m-sale-shatters-warhol-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 May 2007 16:33:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2226/rothko-fetches-73-million.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSotheby’s sold a Mark Rothko painting last night for $72.84 million, a record price for a piece of art created after World War II and a signal of a new boom in the market. Seller David Rockefeller bought the 7-foot-tall "White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender)," an early example...http://www.newser.com/story/2226/rothko-fetches-73-million.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 May 2007 8:18:10 CDT