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Even Warhol Can't Paint from Beyond the Grave, Can He?
By Richard Amada on Nov 24, 2009 | In Visual Arts
Oh, you've just gotta love this story out of the Salt Lake Tribune...
It seems a couple of people in Utah sold an art collector a painting by Andy Warhol that was a 1996 portrait of Matthew Baldwin, one of the famous Baldwin clan of actors. Just two… more »
Norwegian Museums Need to Munch on Security
By Richard Amada on Nov 18, 2009 | In Visual Arts
What is it about the paintings of Edvard Munch that makes them regular targets of art thieves? And, perhaps more importantly, why do these thieves repeatedly manage to successfully steal the Norwegian master's work from the museums that house them?
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Playboy Sues Former "Lawyer of Love" over Trademark
By Richard Amada on Nov 13, 2009 | In Literary
Corri Fetman isn't your typical straight-laced, button-down lawyer. In fact she gained substantial notoriety when she unlaced and unbuttoned to pose nude for Playboy magazine, a publication in which she also used to write a legal advice colum titled "La… more »
Leaving It to the Arts
By Richard Amada on Nov 11, 2009 | In General
The New York Times reports that a recently deceased woman in Scotland has left the Metropolitan Opera in New York $7.5 million dollars in her will. Mona Webster was apparently a great fan of opera and especially impressed with the Met. (According to th… more »
EU Says: Proof Before Punishment for Illegal Downloading
By Richard Amada on Nov 5, 2009 | In Music, Cinema, TV, Radio
The Associated Press reports that the European Union has taken a big step in the direction of expanding Internet rights for the consumers of intellectual properties such as music and videos. The tentative agreement would prevent arbitrary takedowns and… more »
Queen's Composer Pleased to See His Manager Jailed
By Richard Amada on Nov 3, 2009 | In Music
Okay, there are probably more than a few people in the arts and entertainment industry who wouldn't shed a team if their manager or agent got tossed in the pokey. Well, it's happened in the United Kingdom, and it's making news. The Times of London repo… more »
