http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/PaintingFind stories, videos, and photos about Painting from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:57:02 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/africa/09/13/leslie.lumeh/tztop.lumeh.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Painting14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Painting from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/13/leslie.lumeh/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/13/leslie.lumeh/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe 39-year-old Liberian artist was exiled during the country's civil war, but returned to the capital Monrovia after the conflict to open its first gallery. From his paintings to his cartoons in Monrovia's Daily Observer, Lumeh remains a prolific artist.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/17/life.after.moon.landing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/17/life.after.moon.landing/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt turns out going to the moon is a tough act to follow.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/09/02/london.see/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/09/02/london.see/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhere do you begin in a city of this size? How about at the lively South Bank of the Thames, near Waterloo Station? Start with a spin on the London Eye, a colossal Ferris that will take you up 130 meters for an unmatched view of the city.Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/12/banksy.bristol/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/12/banksy.bristol/index.html#cnnSTCTextGraffiti artist Banksy, famed for infiltrating museum collections without their knowledge and spray-painting public buildings around the world, is holding his first major exhibition in years.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/23/hitler.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/23/hitler.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTextA painting by Adolf Hitler sold for almost $15,000 Thursday -- more than six times as much as expected.Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/20/lifetiles.optical.illusion.murals/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/20/lifetiles.optical.illusion.murals/index.html#cnnSTCTextA huge mural greets visitors to the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston. It's a memorial to the building's namesake, who died unexpectedly in 1993.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/24/france.ysl.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/24/france.ysl.auction/index.html#cnnSTCTextA three-day auction of art and furnishings that belonged to the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is seeing sale prices far exceeding estimates, with dollar amounts almost as spectacular as the range of items being sold.Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:44:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/01/16/andrew.wyeth.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/01/16/andrew.wyeth.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTextAndrew Wyeth, the American painter perhaps best known for his painting of a young woman in a field, "Christina's World," has died, according to an official with the Brandywine River Museum in Pennsylvania.Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/11/china.artist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/11/china.artist/index.html#cnnSTCTextYue Minjun acknowledges that "Execution," inspired by the bloody Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, is the most politically sensitive of his work.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/china.artist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/china.artist/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the eve of what was to become the biggest sale ever of a Chinese contemporary painting, Trevor Simon wanted to get the word out about "Execution," a painting he had hidden from everybody.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:52:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/myanmar.artist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/myanmar.artist/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the 6-1/2 years Htein Lin spent in Myanmar prisons between 1998 and 2004, he produced an estimated 250 paintings. He credits prison guards with helping to save most of his work.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/18/vinci.secret/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/18/vinci.secret/index.html#cnnSTCTextDrawings on the back of a Leonardo da Vinci painting may have been sketched by the Italian Renaissance artist, but only more tests by museum experts will tell.Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:20:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1857160,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1857160,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn Day 2 of the fall auction season, a Russian masterpiece expected to sell for up to $3 million at auction did not find a buyer WednesdayThu, 06 Nov 2008 15:55:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1854616,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1854616,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn an exclusive statement to TIME, British graffiti artist Banksy responds to a London council's decision to remove his largest work in the capital Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/23/painting.planet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/23/painting.planet/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt is an unusual art auction where making money isn't a great concern. But that is the case this weekend when a series of paintings go on the block with the purpose of drawing attention to climate change.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:31:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1833941,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1833941,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe first-ever independent exhibition of works is taking place outside the strife-torn countryThu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1828115,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1828115,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1828071,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1828071,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/02/news/art_auctions.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/02/news/art_auctions.fortune/index.htmLuxury these days is a tale of two markets: consumers continue to snap up high-priced Louis Vuitton bags even as they balk at paying full price for Coach handbags. The same can be said of demand for works of art.Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:22:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1815521,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1815521,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsCatholic Bishops shut Tom Hanks, Ron Howard and the movie prequel to The Da Vinci Code out of shooting on location in Rome's churchesTue, 17 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1811783,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1811783,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday, closely watched for trends in the world market at a time of financial turbulenceWed, 04 Jun 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/23/munch.painting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/23/munch.painting/index.html#cnnSTCTextEdvard Munch's masterpiece, "The Scream," went back on display Friday in Oslo, Norway -- four years after thieves pulled the painting from its frame in a daring armed robbery.Fri, 23 May 2008 10:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/19/art.russia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/19/art.russia/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo days, two modern art masterpieces, two record-breaking auction prices -- and one buyer: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.Mon, 19 May 2008 16:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/05/14/freud.record/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/05/14/freud.record/index.html#cnnSTCTextA picture of an overweight woman lying naked on a couch, painted by the British artist Lucian Freud, set a record Tuesday night for the most money paid for any work by a living artist.Wed, 14 May 2008 08:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/05/13/freud.art/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/05/13/freud.art/index.html#cnnSTCTextA picture of an overweight woman lying naked on a couch, painted by British artist Lucian Freud, set a record Tuesday night for the most money paid for a painting by a living artist.Wed, 14 May 2008 02:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/afghanistan.painting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/afghanistan.painting/index.html#cnnSTCTextScientists have found what they described this week as the earliest oil paintings ever discovered.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/18/excerpts.mills.ruling/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/18/excerpts.mills.ruling/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe following are excerpts from the Heather Mills-Paul McCartney divorce ruling, issued by the Honorable Mr. Justice Bennett. Dollar figures are based on the current exchange rate of approximately two dollars per British pound:Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/19/art.theft/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/19/art.theft/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice have recovered two of the four Impressionist paintings stolen earlier this month in a daring museum heist, police in Zurich, Switzerland said Tuesday.Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:47:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1714420,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1714420,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTwo of the four paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned carTue, 19 Feb 2008 18:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/14/art.theft/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/14/art.theft/index.html#cnnSTCTextSteven Spielberg led the FBI straight to a stolen $700,000 Norman Rockwell painting someone snatched from a Missouri gallery. It was in his collection in California.Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:59:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1712209,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1712209,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsZurich's E.G. BÜhrle museum was the location for the most "spectacular" theft in Swiss history Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/02/11/art.theft/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/02/11/art.theft/index.html#cnnSTCTextSwiss police were scrambling Monday in search of three masked men who stole four Impressionist paintings worth about $163 million (180 million Swiss francs) Sunday in a heist police characterized as "spectacular."Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/21/uk.russia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/21/uk.russia/index.html#cnnSTCTextA row over a ban on an exhibition of art loaned from Russia has been resolved after Britain brought forward laws that will protect the paintings from seizure.Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:14:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1689051,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1689051,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe vivid sunsets painted by J.M.W. Turner are revered for their use of color and light and for their influence on the Impressionists. But could they also help global warming experts track climate change?Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/talkasia.zhang.script/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/talkasia.zhang.script/index.html#cnnSTCTextAR: Hi I'm Anjali Rao. This week I'm in the Beijing studio of Zhang Xiaogang, a man who's fought his share of battles to become China's leading contemporary artist, and his work now sells for million of dollars around the world. This is Talk Asia.Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/10/18/high.impressionism/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/10/18/high.impressionism/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt is an irony of contemporary art-museum management: Sometimes the museum that creates an exhibition doesn't get to premiere it.Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:32:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/27/lifestyle/christies_rubens/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/27/lifestyle/christies_rubens/index.htmWhile contemporary works like Damien Hirst's $100 million diamond skull have dominated the headlines, a rare old master study by Peter Paul Rubens is quietly generating buzz among art collectors.Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403478/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403478/index.htmGreat wealth generally finds art at some point," observes Marianne Boesky, fresh off the slopes in Aspen. She would know: As a well-known Manhattan dealer and the daughter of infamous financier Iva... Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0703/gallery.LA_art.fsb/index.htmlhttp://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0703/gallery.LA_art.fsb/index.htmlL.A. may be known for starlets and freeways, but lately art collectors are flocking to the city's galleries.Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/03/14/tefaf.maastricht/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/03/14/tefaf.maastricht/index.htmlAt the European Fine Art Fair this week, most of the Lucite cases hold great bunches of pale pink tulips. The art is uncaged.Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402367/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402367/index.htmIt is a sign of poor relations between donor and charity when the donor's heir takes a hacksaw to the charity's filing cabinets.Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:20:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/03/01/8402031/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/03/01/8402031/index.htmTHE PHOTOGRAPHS LOOK ripped from the pages of National Geographic. I'm standing upstairs at Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills, staring at five-foot-tall images of sumptuous landscapes: a pier glowing in... Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393072/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393072/index.htmIn December 2004, Dr. Bruce Brown and his wife, Bridget, got a call around seven in the evening from a man who had seen the sales listing for their Columbia, S.C., house. He asked if he could come ... Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:56:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387512/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/02/8387512/index.htmAt about midnight last July 5, the New York Police Department closed Manhattan's East 86th Street. Billionaire Ronald S. Lauder walked back and forth in the street, waiting. Employees of his boutiq... Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/27/insiders.scream/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/27/insiders.scream/index.html(CNN) -- Everything you need to know about "The Scream," Edvard Munch's agonized portrait of existential anxiety which is back on show in Oslo -- for now.Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/31/news/funny/scream_painting/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/31/news/funny/scream_painting/index.htmNorwegian police have recovered one of the world's most famous paintings, the expressionist work "The Scream" by Edvard Munch, they told CNN Thursday.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/20/moma.munch/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/20/moma.munch/index.htmlYou hear it all around you as you walk through the blond-wood-floored gallery on the Museum of Modern Art's sixth floor: "When did he 'turn?' When did the painting get strange?"Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/02/01/jonathan.harr/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/02/01/jonathan.harr/index.htmlJonathan Harr needed money.Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/01/13/black.victorians/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/01/13/black.victorians/index.htmlWhat do the artists Millais and Rossetti both have in common?Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/15/art.heists/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/15/art.heists/index.htmlHow did two pricey Van Goghs become Van Gone?Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:03:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358074/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358074/index.htmOne Sunday morning last April, a somber, well-turned-out crowd of 100 or so gathered in Manhattan's Madison Square Park for a memorial service. It was a sunny day, and in an adjacent playground dad...Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/11/news/funny/fed_greenspan_art/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/11/news/funny/fed_greenspan_art/index.htmAlan Greenspan has been called a real piece of work. Now, it might be true because one woman has turned the Fed chairman into a work of art.Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/06/28/moma.cezanne.pissarro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/06/28/moma.cezanne.pissarro/index.htmlThere's contemplative comfort waiting for you in the Museum of Modern Art's new exhibition, "Pioneering Modern Painting: Paul Cezanne and Camille Pissarro 1865-1885."Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:14:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/05/11/news/newsmakers/pollock/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/05/11/news/newsmakers/pollock/index.htmThe son of a New York photographer says he has discovered 32 unrecorded works by the late American abstract painter Jackson Pollock.Wed, 11 May 2005 19:42:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/02/16/news/newsmakers/poker_dogs/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/02/16/news/newsmakers/poker_dogs/index.htmTwo "Dogs Playing Poker" paintings cleaned house at Doyle New York's annual Dogs in Art Auction, fetching a staggering $590,400, the auction house said.Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:02:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/10/spark.gallery/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/10/spark.gallery/index.htmlTechnology installed at the National Gallery in London means visitors can now take an even closer look at the painstaking detail at its entire collection.Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:59:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/01/10/bt.art.travel/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/01/10/bt.art.travel/index.htmlWatch "The Terminal" with Tom Hanks and what is memorable about this movie? More to the point, what is not memorable? For some it is the airport interior.Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/11/23/inside.moma/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/11/23/inside.moma/index.htmlOf course the art is the draw. But visitors to the redesigned Museum of Modern Art in New York this week can be forgiven for looking between the frames, reading between the lines, to glimpse the subtle effects that architect Yoshio Taniguchi's work may have on their experience.Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/06/norway.scream/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/06/norway.scream/index.htmlOslo's Munch Museum has closed for security upgrades two weeks after robbers stole its most famous exhibit, "The Scream."Mon, 06 Sep 2004 10:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/24/norway.scream/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/24/norway.scream/index.htmlPolice are checking leads in the hunt for armed thieves who stole Edvard Munch's "The Scream," as new details show the robbers were more professional than first thought.Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/23/art.underground/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/23/art.underground/index.htmlThe thieves behind the brazen daytime heist of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" in Oslo may have a tough task ahead of them.Tue, 24 Aug 2004 03:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/23/pf/munchtheft/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/23/pf/munchtheft/index.htmThe audacious robbers who stole the nearly priceless Edvard Munch paintings, "The Scream" and "Madonna," from the Munch Museum in Oslo seem to have gotten away clean, at least so far. The big question, though, how can they turn the paintings into cash?Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/23/scream.theft/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/23/scream.theft/index.htmlNorwegian police have launched a nationwide hunt for armed thieves who stole two classic paintings by Edvard Munch, including "The Scream," in a brazen daytime heist in Oslo.Mon, 23 Aug 2004 05:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/22/scream.theft/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/22/scream.theft/index.htmlArmed robbers have stolen two classic paintings by Edvard Munch, including "The Scream," in a brazen daytime heist in Oslo.Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:49:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/05/13/news/newsmakers/art_auction/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/05/13/news/newsmakers/art_auction/index.htmA pair of auctions in Manhattan grossed close to $170 million Wednesday night, a record evening for modern art sales that also established record prices for a number of American artists, including abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock.Thu, 13 May 2004 14:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/07/monet.auction/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/07/monet.auction/index.htmlA large painting of waterlilies by French artist Claude Monet sold for nearly $17 million Thursday night at Sotheby's, capping a two-day auction of impressionist and modern art that grossed $315 million.Fri, 07 May 2004 16:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/05/picasso.auction/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/05/picasso.auction/index.htmlA painting by Pablo Picasso of an adolescent boy holding a pipe has fetched all-time record price at auction in New York.Thu, 06 May 2004 00:07:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/06/01/324571/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/06/01/324571/index.htmLast year the second most popular museum exhibit in the world wasn't an Old Master but a young subject: "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years," featuring dresses from the former First Lady's w...Sat, 01 Jun 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/12/18/293144/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/12/18/293144/index.htmOn a Sunday afternoon in April, two days after returning from a trip to London, Detroit shopping-center developer Robert Taubman flew to New York City to see money manager Ron Baron. Taubman had ju...Mon, 18 Dec 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/06/269965/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/06/269965/index.htmRembrandt's Eyes by Simon Schama Knopf, 702 pages, illus. Mon, 06 Dec 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/01/01/88579/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/01/01/88579/index.htmPity the poor art aficionados who bought Sotheby's Holdings, the world's largest fine art auctioneer, at a high of $37 in 1989, just as the art market was peaking. Next thing they knew, the 1990-91...Sat, 01 Jan 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/28/75660/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/28/75660/index.htmNOW THAT the speculative bubbles have burst and dropped the collectibles market closer to earth, you may be wondering whether it's time to buy. The answer is yes -- if you know what you're doing. I...Mon, 28 Oct 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73936/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73936/index.htmCHARLES E. JOHNSON, 34 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC. With $44 billion in assets under this mutual fund company's wings, you might expect Johnson to sit back and let the average 0.5% fee the company charg...Mon, 27 Aug 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/06/01/85865/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/06/01/85865/index.htmA century or so ago, every prosperous paterfamilias routinely immortalized himself, his family and, frequently, his real love -- a favorite dog or horse -- by commissioning lots of painted portrait...Fri, 01 Jun 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/02/71204/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/02/71204/index.htmLEERY of collectibles? Caution makes sense when considering them, but a couple of factors have lately made them more alluring. When the bottom dropped out of the bull market last year, shell-shocke...Wed, 02 Nov 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70939/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70939/index.htmIt was a new drama for old Vic. James W. Toren, 72, the bankruptcy trustee of Sharon Steel, which has been operating under Chapter 11, claims that Victor Posner, 69, made off with the company's 14 ...Mon, 29 Aug 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/12/69692/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/12/69692/index.htm''Going, going, gone'' -- the auctioneer's cry of triumph -- may turn into the museum director's cry of despair. Now that John Whitney Payson has decided to sell Van Gogh's 1889 masterpiece Irises ...Mon, 12 Oct 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/25/69052/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/25/69052/index.htmThe stock market was never like this. Consider: In a brisk four minutes and 26 seconds of bidding this year, Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers was sold to a Japanese company, Yasuda Fire & Marine Insur...Mon, 25 May 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/09/01/83429/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/09/01/83429/index.htmArt fraud is probably as old as art itself. In the 14th century, Italian stonecarvers copied Greek and Roman busts and other statuary, then purposely chipped their works so they could peddle them a...Mon, 01 Sep 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/03/17/67256/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/03/17/67256/index.htmJohn Walker If you are in the building trades and the bloom is off the processed prose or spreadsheets you extract from your personal computer, Walker's company will give you something new. Autodes...Mon, 17 Mar 1986 05:01:00 EST