All stories by Randy Kennedy on BroadwayStars

Monday, March 28, 2011

Major Polaroid Collection to Be Kept Intact, in Vienna by Randy Kennedy

A nonprofit photo gallery in Vienna and a group of analog photography entrepreneurs announced Monday that they had acquired a collection of several thousand Polaroid prints by well-known art…

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Monday, March 21, 2011

Judge Rules Against Richard Prince in Copyright Case by Randy Kennedy

A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled against the artist Richard Prince in a closely watched copyright case, finding that Mr. Prince - who is well known for appropriating imagery created by…

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Collector Sues Gagogosian Gallery for Selling Him a Painting Partially Owned by Met by Randy Kennedy

A British art collector, Robert Wylde, filed suit Thursday in federal court in Manhattan against the Gagosian Gallery, contending that the gallery sold him a Mark Tansey painting without tel…

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

An Artist Gets His Wish, and Wants Your Help by Randy Kennedy

The artist known as JR, winner of the TED Prize, starts a photo-poster project.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Art Collective Announces Cross-Country Road Trip to Inspire Art Students by Randy Kennedy

The Bruce High Quality Foundation, a five-artist collective, announced that on March 29 it would begin a five-week, 11-city tour.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Sheep Flock to Times Square by Randy Kennedy

The crossroads of the world becomes a sculpture garden.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Bill Requiring the University of Iowa to Relinquish Pollock's 'Mural' Is Dropped by Randy Kennedy

State legislation that would have forced the University of Iowa to sell Jackson Pollock's "Mural" - an 8-by-20-foot painting valued at more than $100 million - to raise money for the school …

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Egypt Reopens Museums and Historical Sites by Randy Kennedy

Egypt has reopened many of its museums and historical sites, which were hit by sporadic looting during the uprising that led to President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.

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'Molly Sweeney' To Get a New Star and a Reprieve by Randy Kennedy

The widely praised revival of "Molly Sweeney" will have an extended run with a new star. The Irish actress Simone Kirby will join the cast beginning March 9 until closing on April 10.

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ArtsBeat: 'Molly Sweeney' To Get a New Star and a Reprieve by Randy Kennedy

The widely praised revival of "Molly Sweeney" will have an extended run with a new star. The Irish actress Simone Kirby will join the cast beginning March 9 until closing on April 10.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Photographer David LaChappelle Sues Rihanna by Randy Kennedy

Though he describes himself as a good friend of hers, the fashion and art photographer David LaChappelle claims in a suit filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan that the pop star Rihanna…

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Monday, February 7, 2011

LACMA and Getty Trust Acquire Huge Collection of Mapplethorpe Works and Letters by Randy Kennedy

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Trust announced that they had acquired a huge collection of the prints, negatives and letters of Robert Mapplethorpe, further stre…

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

China Asks Penn Museum to Remove All Artifacts from Upcoming Show by Randy Kennedy

China had requested that all artifacts in a show scheduled to open Saturday at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology not be exhibited.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Wagering Art Loans on the Superbowl by Randy Kennedy

Museums in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee (the closest to Green Bay) have made a bet on next Sunday's big game.

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Friday, January 14, 2011

Caesar to Usurp Antony in Lincoln Center Festival by Randy Kennedy

The Royal Shakespeare Company announces a lineup change.

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ArtsBeat: Caesar to Usurp Antony in Lincoln Center Festival by Randy Kennedy

The Royal Shakespeare Company announces a lineup change.

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Some More Unusual Company for Admiral Nelson by Randy Kennedy

A boy on a rocking horse, to be followed by a rooster.

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Fight Over Obama 'Hope' Image Is Settled by Randy Kennedy

The street artist Shepard Fairey and The Associated Press have ended their long-running dispute surrounding the creation of the well-known campaign poster of Barack Obama.

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Broads Detail Plans for New Los Angeles Museum by Randy Kennedy

Almost an acre of column-free gallery space is one feature.

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Trial Over, Former Getty Curator Speaks Out by Randy Kennedy

Ms. True condemned Italian prosecutors for singling her out among museum antiquities specialists and for pursuing "groundless accusations that destroyed my reputation and career, while intim…

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

An Allegedly Fake Warhol May Get its Day in Court by Randy Kennedy

A bitter art-world legal battle over an allegedly fake Warhol piece might finally be going to trial after making its way through the New York courts for five years.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Carnegie Hall Plans 120th Anniversary Gala by Randy Kennedy

The event, on April 12, is to be hosted by James Taylor and other celebrity guests.

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New Critic Named for New Ebert Movie Program by Randy Kennedy

A lineup change less than three weeks before the premiere.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Los Angeles Museum to Oversee Watts Towers by Randy Kennedy

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be in charge of an effort to repair and preserve them.

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

MoMA Sending Abstract Expressionists to Canada by Randy Kennedy

About 100 works will be shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

1935 Pricing at the Frick for a Day: No Charge by Randy Kennedy

One way to celebrate a 75th anniversary.

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Deems Mural Inappropriate by Randy Kennedy

Jeffrey Deitch - a longtime champion of street art - late last week ordered a wall mural it had commissioned by Blu, an Italian graffiti artist, to be whitewashed because it found the artwor…

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Museum of Modern Art Gets on the iPad App Bandwagon by Randy Kennedy

Some virtual help for the big exhibition on Abstract Expressionism.

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