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Overweight nude sets art world record
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A 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.
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What Recession?
http://michaelcostello.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-recession.h...Who would want this on his wall? And who would pay $25-35 million for the privilege? The painting challenges modern notions of beauty and elicits a reaction from everyone who sees it. That may have been precisely the aim of Freud, who told London's Tate
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Confessions Of An Obese Woman
http://www.sassistas.com/sassistas_our_dish_on_the/2008/06/c...The Sassistas!TM would like to acknowledge and thank Westsista who dished today's sass. I'm not much of an art critic, but I am a news junkie. When I saw the story headline, "Overweight Nude Sets Art World Record," I followed the link. I haven't been able to get it out of my head since. For a long time, I tried to figure out how I felt about it. Was I repulsed by it? Happy that a fellow obese woman was the model for such a highly valued painting? Disturbed by the idea that someone my size is being portrayed as a freak? It was auctioned for $33.6 million last month, setting the record for the most money ever paid for a painting by a living artist. That artist is 85-year-old Lucien Freud, the grandson of Sigmund Freud. Remember the painting that set the auction record for any artist? That artist was Francis Bacon, a friend and contemporary of Lucien Freud. The name of Freud's 1995 painting is "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping." The subject was Sue Tilley, at the time an actual benefits supervisor for the UK government. In every photo I've seen of Tilley, she looks much more attractive than the worn-out woman on the worn-out sofa. She sounds like someone I'd like to meet. "My life's changed overnight," she says, "I'm beside myself, but then lovely things are always happening to me." She also had this to say about Freud: "I'm not the 'ideal woman' I know I'm not. But who is? And he never made the skinny ones look any better. He picks out every single little detail." It's true. I looked at several of his other paintings, and they have a similar look. Queen Elizabeth sat for him (with her clothes on) as did Kate Moss, so he's not obsessed by civil servants or the fat. I finally figured out that the painting makes me feel self-conscious. One afternoon I stretched out on my bed naked, in the same pose, with a hand mirror. I couldn't get the whole picture all at once, but I did see enough to make me wince a little. I had no idea I looked like that when lying on my side. If I ever have another lover, remind me not to do that. If successful art is disturbing, then this has been a masterpiece for me. Several of the articles described the painting as "gloriously fleshy." I'd really like to be able to embrace that perspective.
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A Naked World Record
http://www.kinseyconfidential.org/2008/05/27/a-naked-world-r...British artist Lucian Freud (grandson of Sigmund Freud) has just sold one of his paintings for over $33 million dollars! Holy cow, that's a lot of money! The artwork, called "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping", was originally painted 13 years ago in 1995, but has just been sold at a New York auction. It depicts an overweight naked woman sleeping on a sofa. What's more interesting is that this is the most amount of money paid for a painting by a living artist in history. That's pretty incredible! CNN ran an article about it where you can read more.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
http://www.obenaufauctions.com/2008/05/wednesday-may-14-2008...Promotional Figure; wood composition; 1942; 5 foot 5 inches sold for $6,325. Photo courtesy of Hake’s Americana & Collectibles. Superman showed up for the first time in the 1938 DC Comic series Action Comics. The 1938 comic is considered the first in the Golden Age of comics. If by chance you stumble upon a copy of the first issue in near mint condition in the attic, it could be worth up to $400,000. LiveAuctionTalk, Inc. Very Rare Concept Car - to Debut at RM Auctions' Monterey Event. Considered the most valuable concept car of the late 1950s, the revolutionary Diablo will be the star attraction of RM Auctions’ multi-million dollar Monterey Sports & Classic Car Auction event, to be held August 15th and 16th in downtown Monterey, California. Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - Antiques & Collectibles, Milwaukee, WI, Inspection: 5:00 p.m., Auction: 6:00 p.m. Real-estate auctions pioneer Chuck McAtee dies at 41 - McAtee's Pacific Auction Exchange was the first company in the U.S. to build a franchise business around home auctions. Looking for real estate deal? - Auctions may be for you. Ritchie Bros. - attracts thousands of on-site and online bidders to multi-million dollar truck and equipment auctions in Toronto and Fort Worth. Fine watches soar at weekend auctions in Geneva - Christie's sold 346 watches for a total of $25 million. "Twelve different bidders from four continents competed for the two top lots," it said, referring to the pair of Patek Philippes. Overweight nude sets art world record - The 1995 life-size work, "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," fetched $33.6 million during bidding at Christie's auction house in New York. "It's the sort of thing that everyone immediately wants to voice an opinion about," he said of the painting. "It challenges conventional taste ... and people do find that rather exciting and interesting to talk about." Craigslist sues eBay - alleges corporate spy plan. In addition to unfair competition and fraudulent business claims, the countersuit accuses eBay of copyright infringement and using misleading advertising on Google Inc to run ads for its rival Kijiji site that appeared to be Craigslist ads. Sparks auction business enjoying new home on TV - "People have been coming in and saying, 'Hey, I saw you on TV,'" Williams said. For the past six weeks, the Saturday auctions have been taped and edited into 30-minute programs that are telecast on KRNV Channel 4 and via Google videos on the Internet. Einstein letter calling Bible 'childish' up for auction - The letter, handwritten in German, is being sold by Bloomsbury Auctions on Thursday and is expected to fetch between $12,000 and $16,000. Fed Officials Warn About Inflation - Say Markets Still Unsettled. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and fellow policy makers said financial markets are still unsettled, while several officials said the central bank is challenged by unacceptably high inflation. OAS OnLine Internet Auctions
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A picture of an overweight woman lying naked on a couch,...
http://www.vanz.it/post/35069340A 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. via i.l.cnn.net
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33.6 million for this
http://www.generalforum.com/arts-crafts/33-6-million-39412.h...Overweight nude sets art world record - CNN.com I admit the painting is an exceptional piece, I just can't imaging hanging it where I'd have to look at it everyday. The woman who posed for it has balls though, I'll give her that.
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Overweight nude sets art world record - CNN.com
http://snapjudge.blogspot.com/2008/05/overweight-nude-sets-a...Overweight nude sets art world record - CNN.com: "Life-size 1995 portrait is auctioned for $33.6 million # Lucian Freud's 'Benefits Supervisor Sleeping' sets record price for living artist # Artist's model says her newfound fame is 'bizarre'"
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Nude Painting Sets Record
http://www.uncoveringpamela.com/blog/2008/05/14/nude-paintin...I’m absolutely stunned that in a world that is so hostile towards overweight people that a nude painting of an overweight woman set a record. It sold for $33.6 million dollars, more than any other painting sold by a living painter. Here’s a link to the CNN article, but will warn you that it contains an image of the painting itself, so contains a bit of nudity. Overweight Nude Sets Art World Record Post from: Uncovering Pamela Nude Painting Sets Record
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