Contemporary Art Auctions New York November 2009 - One Art World Nov 18, 2009
Cy Twombly had three works on paper for sale that in total sold for $1. 6 million, almost twice the high estimates of $850,000. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Valentino: The Last Emperor Sep 17, 2009
These sensibilities warm to neo-classical furnishings, Meissen porcelain and art by Picasso, Cy Twombly, Bacon and Basquiat. His taste is exquisite. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Renzo Piano adds onto Art Institute of Chicago May 26, 2009
The special-exhibition galleries open bracingly with the one-venue show "Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works, 2000-2007" (through Sept. 13). Twombly had one of his first gallery shows in Chicago in 1951 and, incredibly, had not exhibited in the city since. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
15 Minutes---20 Years Later May 25, 2009
One afternoon, Andy s minion Fred Hughes invited me to dinner with Bianca Jagger and artist Cy Twombly at the world s most expensive restaurant, as Fred put it. At the time, I was keen on young Barbara Allen, who was also going, so I agreed. (The American Conservative)
* [ART JOURNAL] Private sales are up as art auctions fall from favor Apr 29, 2009
Still, the art world loves to talk, and in recent months among the expensive paintings that have quietly changed hands are a 1970s De Kooning abstract canvas sold for around US$30 million; a Cy Twombly Blackboard painting for US$12 million; one of Gerhard Richters Color Charts for US$18 million; and Jeff Koons Hanging Heart Violet sculpture for US$11 million. There are exceptions, of course. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Ready for takeoff Apr 17, 2009
Painter Cy Twombly and photographer Nan Goldin studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Painter Brice Marden went to Boston University. (Boston Globe)
