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Liveblog RSS 2.0 generation class http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#23_clearly-sothebys-doesnt-know-about-the-oscars http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#23_clearly-sothebys-doesnt-know-about-the-oscars 2012-05-02T20:02:51-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#22_sold-for-119922500 ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#22_sold-for-119922500 2012-05-02T20:00:07-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#21_just-passed-the-record ," which sold for $106.5 million at auction >]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#21_just-passed-the-record 2012-05-02T19:57:10-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#20_100-million-dollars http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#20_100-million-dollars 2012-05-02T19:54:30-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#19_ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#19_ 2012-05-02T19:54:05-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#18_the-krakatoa-twilights art historians speculate the "blood red" sky Munch said inspired "The Scream" resulted from the eruption on the volcanic island of Krakatoa, an atmospheric effect called “the Krakatoa twilights.” ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#18_the-krakatoa-twilights 2012-05-02T19:52:28-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#17_ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#17_ 2012-05-02T19:51:42-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#16_ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#16_ 2012-05-02T19:49:30-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#15_a-blonde-woman-and-a-beautiful-sunset When I was a child I thought this person was a woman with long blonde hair with a beautiful sunset behind her. In some other of his paintings I saw the hidden trolls." ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#15_a-blonde-woman-and-a-beautiful-sunset 2012-05-02T19:49:21-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#14_ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#14_ 2012-05-02T19:48:50-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#13_ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#13_ 2012-05-02T19:47:30-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#12_scream-in-the-house http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#12_scream-in-the-house 2012-05-02T19:46:25-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#11_the-most-expensive-combination-of-pastel-and-board-ever NYTimes correction stating the point). It comes from the collection of Norwegian shipping heir Petter Olsen, whose dad Thomas was a neighbor and patron to Munch, according to the NYT. ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#11_the-most-expensive-combination-of-pastel-and-board-ever 2012-05-02T19:39:20-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#10_back-at-the-auction Chaim Soutine's "Le Chasseur de Chez Maxim's" sold for $8.3 million. Picasso's "Baigneuse au Pouf Rouge and "Deux Femmes" sold for $2.4 million and $1.8 million, respectively. And Francis Picabia's "Bal Negre" sold for $1.5 million.]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#10_back-at-the-auction 2012-05-02T19:30:43-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#9_whoops The Private Life Of A Masterpiece," the "Scream" thieves manning the 2004 heist “ran straight into a plate-glass sliding door,” while trying to enter the museum, before steadying themselves, waiting for the door to open and trying again. (They also went the wrong way once inside.)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#9_whoops 2012-05-02T19:29:31-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#8_the-next-batch Femme Assise Dans un Fauteuil" sold for a whopping $26 million. Fernand Leger's "La Femme Au Miroir" sold for $3,600,000. George Rouault's "Arlequin" sold for a meager $480,000. ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#8_the-next-batch 2012-05-02T19:23:54-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#7_a-real-steal most colorful of which is up for auction tonight. Among the rest, two were stolen over the course of a decade, one out of the National Gallery in Oslo in 1994, and another from the Munch Museum in 2004. ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#7_a-real-steal 2012-05-02T19:16:27-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#6_matisse-coloring-book looks like a clean coloring book page, in the most brilliant possible way.]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#6_matisse-coloring-book 2012-05-02T19:11:09-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#5_ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#5_ 2012-05-02T19:09:53-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#4_the-bidding-has-begun Honore Daumier went for $160,000, and a lot of Henre de Toulouse-Latrec is next on the line. Head to Sotheby's livestream to follow along with us!]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#4_the-bidding-has-begun 2012-05-02T19:06:48-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#3_ @ hannahtpsky : This is the auction room where #TheScream is about to go on sale. Outside investors sip champagne and wear black. http://t.co/w1eGSffl ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#3_ 2012-05-02T19:03:17-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#2_ Alex Moaba got a peek at "The Scream" earlier this week, and we have it on his word that the colors are neon-like, "psychedelic" you might say (he does)!]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#2_ 2012-05-02T18:52:48-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#1_mummyscream-connection Inca mummy may have been the inspiration for "The Scream": ]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-auction-edvard-munch_n_1472529.html#1_mummyscream-connection 2012-05-02T18:31:40-04:00 Huffingtonpost.com