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Latam art sales in U.S. have best year since 2008
Nov 18, 2011 17:37 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Latin American art sales, which totaled nearly $90 million in New York in 2011, scored their best year since the 2008 financial crisis, aided by a boom in Brazilian art and demand from Asia.
Tamayo tops Latam auction, kinetic art sales strong
Nov 17, 2011 11:27 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rufino Tamayo's painting "Watermelon Slices" fetched $2.2 million, topping Sotheby's Latin American sale, which also set auction records for pioneering Venezuelan kinetic artist Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Tamayo tops Latam auction, kinetic art sales strong
Nov 17, 2011 10:46 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rufino Tamayo's painting "Watermelon Slices" fetched $2.2 million, topping Sotheby's Latin American sale, which also set auction records for pioneering Venezuelan kinetic artist Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Tamayo tops Latam auction, kinetic art sales strong
Nov 17, 2011 10:46 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rufino Tamayo's painting "Watermelon Slices" fetched $2.2 million, topping Sotheby's Latin American sale, which also set auction records for pioneering Venezuelan kinetic artist Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Botero bronze, Brazil artists hit auction records
Nov 16, 2011 15:01 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) A towering bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero and works by several Brazilian artists set auction records during Christie's Latin American sale, the auction house said on Wednesday.
Botero bronze, Brazil artists hit auction records
Nov 16, 2011 13:38 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) A towering bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero and works by several Brazilian artists set auction records during Christie's Latin American sale, the auction house said on Wednesday.
Botero bronze, Brazil artists hit auction records
Nov 16, 2011 13:27 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) A towering bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero and works by several Brazilian artists set auction records during Christie's Latin American sale on Wednesday.
Botero sculpture, Tamayo painting lead Latam sales
Nov 14, 2011 11:43 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A towering Fernando Botero sculpture and a painting by Mexican master Rufino Tamayo lead Latin American art auctions this week, which could benefit from strong demand seen in earlier art sales in New York.
Diego Rivera murals reunited after 80 years
Nov 11, 2011 14:37 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five murals by Mexican artist Diego Rivera will go on display on Sunday in a new exhibit that reunites works that struck a chord across a broad social spectrum when they were unveiled during the Great Depression.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Bogota, Colombia
Aug 19, 2011 05:08 EDT
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's capital city lures tourists with its mild year-round weather, booming nightlife and its museums about gold, emeralds and the artist Fernando Botero.
Colombia rebel head narrowly eludes capture: Santos
Jul 03, 2011 21:44 EDT
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The leader of Colombia's largest guerrilla group narrowly eluded capture, fleeing hours before the army seized his jungle hideout, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Sunday.
Venezuelan oil workers rally against U.S. sanctions
May 25, 2011 17:31 EDT
CARACAS (Reuters) - Red-clad oil workers rallied in Venezuela on Wednesday to denounce "imperialist" U.S. sanctions over its Iran ties, but the rising anger seemed unlikely to sink the OPEC member's huge oil trade with the United States.
Venezuela fumes at U.S. oil sanctions over Iran
May 25, 2011 10:02 EDT
CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez reacted with predictable fury at "imperialist" sanctions by Washington over Venezuela's ties with ally Iran -- but does not look ready to jeopardize his huge oil trade with the United States.
Apax buying Advantage Sales from BofA, JW Childs
Nov 25, 2010 14:45 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Apax Partners LLP <APAX.UL> said on Thursday that funds it is advising have agreed to buy a majority stake in marketing agency Advantage Sales & Marketing <ADSAM.UL> from buyout firm J.W. Childs Associates LP and a unit of Bank of America Corp <BAC.N>.
Witness: Germans atone for Holocaust with "stumble stones"
Oct 21, 2010 08:23 EDT
Walker Simon is a desk editor for Reuters based in New York, specializing in Latin American economics and markets.
Show unveils Andy Warhol's Catholic, abstract side
Jun 11, 2010 14:04 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - As a pop art pioneer, Andy Warhol blazed his way to fame with trademark Brillo soap pad boxes and silk-screens of Campbell's Soup cans.
Bouguereau's "Pieta" tops Old Masters sale
Jun 09, 2010 18:35 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A French painting inspired by Michelangelo's "Pieta" topped Christie's mid-season Old Masters and 19th century art auction, selling for $2.77 million.
Biblical art dominates Old Masters sale
Jun 02, 2010 19:00 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Biblical themes dominate Christie's mid-season Old Masters sale next week, including works by Peter Paul Rubens and "Pieta" by French 19th century painter William Adolphe Bouguereau.
Most Catholics loyal despite sex abuse scandal
Jun 01, 2010 16:06 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church has not shaken the faith of most U.S. Catholics, according to a new poll.
Most Catholics loyal despite sex abuse scandal
Jun 01, 2010 16:06 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church has not shaken the faith of most U.S. Catholics, according to a new poll.
