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...best-known works of art of the 20th century. “[The bombing] is what sparked Picasso’s ‘Guernica,’ which is without question the most famous anti-war work of art,” says Epps. “Picasso was so incensed by what he read in the newspapers that he painted this massive canvas.”However, the impact is not confined to art, Epps says. Spain still has to grapple with the war’s aftermath, he says.“This specter of the Spanish...
...Marrogi and other doctors began to ask themselves was what was happening to the money. They focused on Gerber's life-style. Earning $325,000 a year, Gerber had a $7,000 monthly mortgage on a $1.2 million home in an exclusive New Orleans neighborhood. A signed sketch by Picasso was placed eye-catchingly near the front door. He had two, possibly three, Mercedes-Benz, a $300,000 condo in Colorado and a $345,000 house in Florida. He also had more than $3 million in an investment fund and several hundred thousand dollars in a trust fund...
...speak of them in terms of dollar value,” Deputy Director of the Art Museums Richard Benefield says in an e-mail. Yet the collection is littered with priceless masterpieces. From its famous self-portraits of Vincent Van Gogh and Max Beckmann to its collection of Pablo Picasso paintings to its comprehensive set of Chinese jades, HUAM’s line-up of household-name artists can compete with blockbusters at other museums.Despite the size of the holdings, much of the art that is not on display—99 percent of the collection, in fact?...
DIED. Heinz Berggruen, 93, German Jewish art collector turned unofficial diplomat; outside Paris. The Berlin-born Berggruen, who specialized in the works of 20th century artists, such as Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and his good friend Pablo Picasso, fled Nazi Germany for the U.S. and later established an esteemed gallery in postwar Paris. In the mid-1990s he famously moved his formidable collection to Berlin. Hailed for the conciliatory gesture by a once exiled Jew, he helped reinvigorate Germany's collection of modern art, earlier dismissed as degenerate by Hitler...
...named after the sovereign who retired in 2000) doesn't have much of a permanent collection. Planners behind Mudam, as the Musée d'Art Moderne is known for short, started buying works about a decade ago. Even then, Monets and Manets were beyond their budget, and a Picasso was out of the question. So Mudam ended up focusing on what is sometimes called contemporary art, stuff produced after the 1970s or so. You don't have to be an expert to know that the contemporary art scene is a dizzying circus of dead sharks, unmade beds, provocative installations...