Photo News http://photoposts.info Breaking photo news, information, reviews, top stories and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Britain’s Tate museum sets $34 million record for Constable painting http://photoposts.info/2013/05/23/britains-tate-museum-sets-34-million-record-for-constable-painting/ http://photoposts.info/2013/05/23/britains-tate-museum-sets-34-million-record-for-constable-painting/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:04 +0000 admin http://photoposts.info/2013/05/23/britains-tate-museum-sets-34-million-record-for-constable-painting/ LONDON (Reuters) – The Tate Britain museum bought 19th century English painter John Constable’s masterpiece “Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows” for 23.1 million pounds ($34.75 million), making it one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold. The painting, dated 1831, of the towering cathedral in the middle distance under an overcast sky shot through with a rainbow had been at risk of being sold abroad and its sale sets a record for Constable, the Tate said on Thursday. Its price is still dwarfed by Constable’s contemporary rival J.M.W. …

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]]> http://photoposts.info/2013/05/23/britains-tate-museum-sets-34-million-record-for-constable-painting/feed/ 0 WWII-era Navy photographer Wayne Miller dies http://photoposts.info/2013/05/23/wwii-era-navy-photographer-wayne-miller-dies/ http://photoposts.info/2013/05/23/wwii-era-navy-photographer-wayne-miller-dies/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 08:33:34 +0000 admin http://photoposts.info/2013/05/23/wwii-era-navy-photographer-wayne-miller-dies/ Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday.

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]]> http://photoposts.info/2013/05/23/wwii-era-navy-photographer-wayne-miller-dies/feed/ 0 Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/man-pleads-guilty-in-picasso-vandalism-case/ http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/man-pleads-guilty-in-picasso-vandalism-case/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:24:57 +0000 admin http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/man-pleads-guilty-in-picasso-vandalism-case/ In this Oct. 23, 2012 photo, James Perez, owner of Cueto James Art Gallery, poses between pieces titled "Ego", left, and "Legalize Drugs", right, that will be in the show titled "Uriel Landeros: Houston We Have a Problem" in Houston. Landeros, accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting at the museum, was ordered jailed on bonds totaling $500,000 Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 after a Houston judge said he is a flight risk. Landeros fled Texas after spray painting the Picasso, an act caught on cellphone video, and surrendered to authorities last week at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Melissa Phillip, File) MANDATORY CREDITHOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum — an act that was caught on cellphone video — agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.


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]]> http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/man-pleads-guilty-in-picasso-vandalism-case/feed/ 0 Americana: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/americana-meet-the-2013-rft-music-award-nominees/ http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/americana-meet-the-2013-rft-music-award-nominees/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:34:06 +0000 admin http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/americana-meet-the-2013-rft-music-award-nominees/ The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a week and a half away! Think of it as St.

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]]> http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/americana-meet-the-2013-rft-music-award-nominees/feed/ 0 NY art dealer tied to alleged forgeries charged with tax fraud http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/ny-art-dealer-tied-to-alleged-forgeries-charged-with-tax-fraud/ http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/ny-art-dealer-tied-to-alleged-forgeries-charged-with-tax-fraud/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:54 +0000 admin http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/ny-art-dealer-tied-to-alleged-forgeries-charged-with-tax-fraud/ By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a New York art dealer with tax fraud in connection with the sale of paintings she claimed to be the works of celebrated abstract expressionists, but some of which the government said were fakes. Glafira Rosales, 56, faces three counts of filing false tax returns and five counts of concealing a Spanish bank account from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. “Rosales gave new meaning to the phrase ‘artful dodger’ by avoiding taxes on millions of dollars in income from dealing in fake art works for fake clients,” U.S. …

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]]> http://photoposts.info/2013/05/22/ny-art-dealer-tied-to-alleged-forgeries-charged-with-tax-fraud/feed/ 0 JPS Art Show Opens Tonight http://photoposts.info/2013/05/21/jps-art-show-opens-tonight/ http://photoposts.info/2013/05/21/jps-art-show-opens-tonight/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:34:54 +0000 admin http://photoposts.info/2013/05/21/jps-art-show-opens-tonight/ Jamestown Public School’s Art Department will hold its annual District Art Show Opening Night tonight from 6-7 p.m. at Jefferson Middle School by the Jefferson Auditorium.

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]]> http://photoposts.info/2013/05/21/jps-art-show-opens-tonight/feed/ 0 Artist hurls paint into Learjet engine http://photoposts.info/2013/05/21/artist-hurls-paint-into-learjet-engine/ http://photoposts.info/2013/05/21/artist-hurls-paint-into-learjet-engine/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:07 +0000 admin http://photoposts.info/2013/05/21/artist-hurls-paint-into-learjet-engine/ WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Princess Tarinan von Anhalt’s creative process may be a bit more powerful than the average artist these days.

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]]> http://photoposts.info/2013/05/20/street-photography-the-endless-pursuit-of-a-perfect-moment/feed/ 0 Reaction from some Tony Award nominees http://photoposts.info/2013/05/20/reaction-from-some-tony-award-nominees/ http://photoposts.info/2013/05/20/reaction-from-some-tony-award-nominees/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:13 +0000 admin http://photoposts.info/2013/05/20/reaction-from-some-tony-award-nominees/ This Feb. 28, 2013 photo released by Starpix shows, Cyndi Lauper at the open house for the Upcoming Musical "Kinky Boots," featuring Music by Cyndi Lauper, at the Al Hirshfeld Theatre in New York. The Cyndi Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots" has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. "Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 British movie about a real-life shoe factory that struggles until it finds new life in fetish footwear. Lauper's songs and a story by Harvey Fierstein have made it a crowd-pleaser. (AP Photo/Starpix, Kristina Bumphrey)NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction from some Tony Award nominees:


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