After Greg Jein, an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist, died last year, his friends discovered the prop stashed in a cardboard box in his garage.
Category: Collectors and Collections
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Harry Smith, a Culture-Altering Shaman, at the Whitney
A solo show takes on the legacy of the painter, folk musicologist, filmmaker, obsessive collector and underground legend. It also hints at what has been lost.
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Art Auction in Hong Kong Draws Lower Bids Than Expected
A portrait by Amedeo Modigliani sold for less than expected and several artworks went unsold as China’s best-known art investor liquidated part of his collection.
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Liu Yiqian, China’s Top Art Collector, Is Selling a Modigliani
Liu Yiqian made global headlines in 2014 and 2015 by paying top prices for paintings and antiquities but is starting to liquidate some of his artworks.
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Stevie Nicks Unveils a Barbie Made in Her Image at Madison Square Garden
The performer worked with Mattel to create a doll in her likeness, wearing an outfit inspired by the one she wore on the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours.” She showed it off onstage at Madison Square Garden.
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Gérard Depardieu’s Art Collection Sells for $4.2 Million at Paris Auction
Over 230 pieces went under the hammer, including sculptures by Rodin. The French actor — now dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct — once played the artist in a movie.
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Pearl Bowser, Expert in Early Black Filmmakers, Dies at 92
She aided in the rediscovery of Oscar Micheaux and others who were telling stories for Black audiences early in the last century.
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Horology Events on Your Autumn Agenda
The watch world’s calendar is packed with meet-ups, fairs, auctions, conferences and awards ceremonies.
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‘Pieces of Art on the Wrist’
The collector Roni Madhvani is as fascinated by vintage timepieces by lesser-known watchmakers as he is by those from famed designers.
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Clocks That Master the Art of Measuring Time
Some collectors prefer the aesthetics and design of a beautiful timepiece that you can set on a table — “a mechanical sculpture,” as one put it.