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A Minute With: Street artist Mark Jenkins (Reuters)

Reuters – American street artist Mark Jenkins’s human sculptures staged in provocative poses in the middle of cities have proved so uncannily life-like they have sparked calls from passersby to the ambulance service or the police.

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Christie’s 2011 art sales hit record (Reuters)

Reuters – Christie’s shrugged off the euro zone crisis and slowing economic growth in 2011 to post record revenues, selling art worth 3.6 billion pounds, or nine percent more than in 2010.

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Charlie Chaplin heads to Broadway in musical form

LOS ANGELES, Jan 30 (TheWrap.com) – Silent-film star Charlie Chaplin might seem like an unlikely candidate as the subject of a Broadway musical, but it will soon be a reality.

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Old Masters auctions total more than $120 million

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Old Masters paintings brought in more than $120 million at auction sales this week, with several works selling for more than $5 million each and records set for some artists.

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Annie Leibovitz opens new art show at Smithsonian (AP)

Photographer Annie Leibovitz leads a media tour of her exhibit 'Pilgrimage' Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP – Photographer Annie Leibovitz says she has come back from some dark days and revived her creativity with a new project now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that marks a departure from her popular celebrity portraits.


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