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3 Alternative Investments That Have Beaten The Stock Market For The Past 5 Years

Alternative investments may have only started capturing the attention of retail investors over the past couple of years, but alternative assets have been a significant component of the strategies of hedge funds and other institutional investors for decades.

Benzinga

Global Art Market Continues Breaking Records As Auction Activity Heats Up

The global art market saw a record-breaking year in 2021, with total auction turnover hitting new highs in terms of total sales volume and number of lots sold. 2022 is turning out to be an even more impressive year so far as art values and buying activity hit new highs.

Benzinga

Ron Galella obituary

Paparazzi photographer whose fame was built on his contentious relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

The Guardian - UK

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Queen to have 'the future' in Charles, William and George on balcony to end Jubilee

Royal sources say the Queen 'wants the world to see the heartbeat of her family and the future of the monarchy'. Plans are in place for the family to appear on the balcony at around 5pm

Daily Mirror

Putin’s real goal in Ukraine isn’t land

Putin isn’t just trying to take over Ukrainian land — he is trying to obliterate Ukrainian identity

Salon

Art values are booming as New York auctions make billions of dollars in sales

Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips total sales have hit more than $2.5 billion for 2022 already, led by works by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pablo Picasso.

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‘The rich have got much richer’: why art sale prices are going through the roof

Auction houses are recording a boom in sales after a return to pre-pandemic levels of supplies of works

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Bob Neuwirth obituary

Singer, songwriter and artist who was a quick-witted ‘master of the revels’ during Bob Dylan’s 1960s rise to worldwide fame

The Guardian - UK

Review: LA's beloved Angelyne gets the biopic treatment. Sadly, it's only skin deep

In the charming 1954 comedy "It Should Happen to You," Judy Holliday plays Gladys Glover, who, seeking fame, rents herself a billboard overlooking New York's Columbus Circle, proclaiming her name. When a soap company wants the space, she trades for six other billboards, which creates a civic mystery, which leads…

Los Angeles Times

Udo Kier: ‘I was so weak from eating only salad leaves to play Dracula I was in a wheelchair’

The German acting veteran of 275 films answers your questions on creating spine-chilling characters, singing into a lamp and working with everyone from Lars Von Trier to Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Guardian - UK

Explore LA’s iconic ’60s film and art scene in new memoir about Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward

When Dennis Hopper met Brooke Hayward on a Broadway stage in 1961, you wouldn’t have expected the two actors to connect, get married and help shape the cultural landscape of Los Angeles in the ’60s.

Tribune News Service

Macklowe Art Collection Becomes Most Expensive Ever Sold at Auction

The famed Macklowe collection, subject of a bitter divorce battle between a New York property developer and his ex-wife, became the most expensive art collection ever sold at auction Monday. Sotheby's sold its second offering of works from the collection for $246.1 million, bringing the total value of the group…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Art collection sells for $922 million

NEW YORK: The famed Macklowe collection, subject of a bitter divorce battle between a New York property developer and his ex-wife, became the most expensive art collection ever sold at auction Monday.

Bangkok Post

Blonde: will a shocking new film shatter the myth of Marilyn Monroe?

From Cannes to the Met Gala, the screen icon’s lucrative legacy lives on. But how will a new film affect the way the world sees her?

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Evening Standard

The 10 most expensive artworks ever sold

As Andy Warhol’s iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe sells for $195 million, Amy Francombe charts the world’s other record-breaking works of art

Radio France Internationale

Warhol's portrait of Marilyn Monroe auctioned for $195 million

An iconic 1964 portrait of Marilyn Monroe by American pop artist Andy Warhol was sold at Christie's for a record $195 million (€185 million) on Monday.

Daily Record

Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn has sold at auction for £158m

The famous image, created in 1964, is a close-up portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe, depicted in vibrant block colours, with yellow hair, blue eyeshadow and red lips on a blue background.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: White House accuses Putin of ‘revisionist history’

US plans extra $40bn aid package for Ukraine amid concern over Russian missiles striking Black Sea port. Plus, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe sells for $195m

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The Independent UK

Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe painting sells for record-breaking £157.8m at auction

Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is one of the many paintings Warhol made after Monroe died in 1962

Evening Standard

Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn sells for record £158 million at auction

The famous image of Marilyn Monroe was created in 1964

Asharq Al-Awsat

Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ Auction Nabs $195M; Highest for US Artist

Andy Warhol's "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive artwork by a US artist ever sold at auction. The 1964 silkscreen image shows Monroe in vibrant close-up - hair yellow, eyeshadow blue and lips red…

Wales Online

Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn sells for record-breaking £158m

The famous image, created in 1964, is a close-up portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe, depicted in vibrant block colours

The Independent UK

Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn sells for £158 million at auction

The famous image of Marilyn Monroe was created in 1964.

The Independent UK

Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe painting sells for £157.8m at auction

Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is one of the many paintings Warhol made after Monroe died in 1962

Benzinga

Andy Warhol's Portrait Of Marilyn Monroe Breaks Auction Records With $195M Sale

Andy Warhol’s 1964 silk-screen “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” fetched $195 million at a Christie’s New York auction on Monday, marking the highest such amount paid for both an American and a 20th-century artwork.

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