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October 2015

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Will This Massive Louise Bourgeois Spider Set a New Record for a Female Artist Sale?

Oct 29, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

Christie’s upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Evening auction just may set a new record for a work by a female artist. The piece in the spotlight is Spider (1997) by Louise Bourgeois, which is Lot 10 in the November 10 sale in New York. According to ARTnews, though the estimated price isn’t listed on the auction site, the massive creepy crawler is expected to bring in at least $25 million and possibly even as much as $35M.... Read More

The Shining Hotel Kicks Off Plans for World's First $24M Horror-Themed Museum

Oct 23, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is dead-set on making horror fans’ dreams come true. As one of the spookiest hotels in the world (you know, because of that little-known story, The Shining), it is a major destination for people looking to wander drafty halls in the hope of spotting some creepy twins. It already hosts the annual Stanley Film Festival and now the establishment has announced plans for a $24 million Stanley Film Center, “the world's first horror themed museum, film archive and film production studio.”... Read More

Oh Snap! Nick Cave Says "Thank You...But No" to MTV Nomination in 1996 Rejection Letter

Oct 22, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

It’s good to be reminded sometimes that the media circus most of us are so fascinated by is merely a chaotic show designed for fleeting entertainment and means very little in the long run. And who better to remind us all of that than the creative genius Nick Cave? In the above video, singer Kylie Minogue beautifully reads a rejection letter that Cave penned on October 21, 1996 after hearing of his MTV Best Male Artist award nomination.... Read More

Disney to Auction Off Original Ride Cars, Vintage Concept Art & Rare Theme Park Items

Oct 21, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

There are fans and then there are Disney fans. Walt fanatics jump at any chance to get their hands on original memorabilia from the studio and Anaheim park, which makes the upcoming Collecting Disneyland exhibit and auction so exciting. The event is being put on by Van Eaton Galleries in Los Angeles and will feature over 800 items, including concept art, documents and rare theme park items from the 1950s-2000s. ... Read More

These Adorably-Spooky Human Skulls Are Carved From Precious Oyster Pearls

Oct 13, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

These tiny skulls may look like hard proof that fairies exist, but they’re actually carved pearls. Japanese artist Shinji Nakaba has been painstakingly mapping and carving oyster pearls into human and animal skulls since 1974, making what he calls “wearable sculptures.”... Read More

Interview: Alberta Cross Talks Going Solo & His Road Back to the Basics of Good Music

Oct 9, 2015  |   Contributor: Nicolle Monico

Before Petter Ericson Stakee stepped inside an abandoned church-turned-studio in upstate New York to record a solo album, he was touring the country on the heels of his former band’s 2012 studio-produced album. Together with bassist Terry Wolfers, the duo called Alberta Cross, had claimed their stake in the music community with features on TV shows such as Sons of Anarchy and Californication.... Read More

Christie's Expects to Get Over $100M for Defining Modigliani Nude

Oct 6, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

The current sales record for a work by Amedeo Modigliani is $70.7 million, but Christie’s is hoping to smash that at The Artist’s Muse: A Curate Evening Sale of 20th Century Art on November 9. The specific work that is expected to do the trick is Nu couché (Reclining Nude), which was painted in 1917-18 and is estimated to fetch at least $100M at the New York auction. “This is quite simply one of the most important paintings I have handled in my long career at Christie’s,” says Jussi Pylkkänen, Christie’s Global President and Chief Auctioneer. “There are a very small number of masterpieces that we dream of handling: this magnificent Modigliani has always been one of them.”... Read More

Can Scott Eastwood's First Western Movie Diablo Be As Good As It Wants to Be?

Oct 5, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

Scott Eastwood has been diligently avoiding doing a western ever since he made his acting debut in 2006’s Flags of Our Fathers, and considering he is sent around 50 gun-slinging scripts a month, that’s a lot of avoidance. His apprehension makes complete sense seeing as his dad Clint Eastwood basically created what we know of the western genre.... Read More

Adrien Brody's Septembers of Shiraz Makes for a Lackluster SDFF Opening

Oct 2, 2015  |   Contributor: Mila Pantovich

The 14th Annual San Diego Film Festival is officially in full swing, having kicked off on Wednesday night with a packed screening of Septembers of Shiraz, which was followed by a Q&A with star Adrien Brody. Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Dalia Sofer, the film follows an affluent Iranian family after the husband is arrested, thrown into prison and tortured. If there’s one thing this film has succeeded in, it’s in making me want to pick the novel up, because it just has to be better than what I saw.... Read More