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Francis Bacon artwork sets auction record in NY
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record for most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” was purchased for $142,405,000 at Christie’s postwar and contemporary art sale on Tuesday night. The triptych depicts Bacon’s artist friend. The work sold after “6 minutes of fierce bidding in the room and on the phone,” Christie’s said in a statement. The price includes the buyer’s premium. Christie’s did not say who bought the painting. The price surpassed the nearly $120 million paid for Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” which set a world record when it was sold at Sotheby’s in a 2012 sale. The previous record for Bacon’s artwork sold at auction was his 1976 “Triptych.” That sold for $86 million in 2008. Among other highlights scheduled to be auctioned at Christie’s is a bright orangeyellow and white oil painting by Mark Rothko. Reminiscent of a radiating sunset, the 1957 large-scale “Untitled (No. 11)” could fetch up to $35 million. In May 2012, Christie’s sold Rothko’s “Orange, Red, Yellow” for $86.8 million, a record for any contemporary artwork at auction. Christie’s also has an iconic Andy Warhol, “Coca-Cola (3),” estimated to sell for $40 million to $60 million. The Warhol
auction record is $71.7 million for “Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I),” sold in 2007. On Wednesday evening, Sotheby’s is offering Warhol’s “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster),” a provocative double-panel painting that could bring as much as $80 million. Warhol produced four paintings in the “Death and Disaster” series. The other three are in museums. Measuring 8 feet (2.4 meters) by 13 feet (3.9 meters), the 1963 silver work captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash, a twisted body sprawled across its mangled interior. It has been seen in public only once in the past 26 years. Other blue-chip offerings at Christie’s on Tuesday include Jeff Koons’ whimsical “Balloon Dog (Orange),” a 10-foot (3-meter)-tall stainless steel sculpture resembling a twisted child’s party balloon. It is expected to sell for up to $55 million. It is one of five balloon dogs Koons has created in different colors. All are in private hands.
It is being sold by newsprint magnate Peter Brant to benefit his Brant Foundation Art Study in Greenwich, Connecticut. Also on tap is a masterpiece by German painter Gerhard Richter from the collection of rock star Eric Clapton. Painted in gold and orange hues, the 1994 “Abstract Painting” is estimated to bring as much as $20 million. Richter’s photo-based “Cathedral Square, Milan” brought $37 million at Sotheby’s in May, setting a record for any living artist at auction. Roy Lichtenstein’s “Seductive Girl” could bring up to $28 million. The artist auction record is $56 million for “Woman With Flowered Hat,” sold at Christie’s in May.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 Bali tourism still promises investment opportunities
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Incentive tourism in Bali has not been explored
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This undated photo provided by Christie’s shows “Three Studies of Lucian Freud,” a triptych by Francis Bacon of his friend and artist Lucian Freud.
Kim Kardashian cited for speeding on LA freeway
Associated Press Writer
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, Kim Kardashian arrives at the inaugural Dream for Future Africa Foundation Gala at Spago in Beverly Hills, Calif. Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File
LOS ANGELES — Kim Kardashian was cited for speeding Tuesday after a California Highway Patrol officer spotted the reality star apparently being chased by paparazzi on a Los Angeles freeway. CHP Officer Ming Hsu said Kardashian was pulled over at about 1 p.m. on the 101 Freeway near the Van Nuys Boulevard exit. Three other cars apparently driven by paparazzi were also stopped, although two of them left the scene before an officer was able to talk to the photographers, according to a news release. The third photographer, Juliano A. Goncalves, pulled around Kardashian’s vehicle and started taking pictures. He was cited for speeding and stopping in a nonemergency situation, Hsu said. An email sent to a representative for Kardashian was not immediately returned. Attempts to reach Goncalves for comment were unsuccessful. Kardashian, 33, who stars along with her family in the reality series “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” has generally had a good relationship with the paparazzi. Her fiance, rapper Kanye West, however, has had several skirmishes with celebrity photographers. West has pleaded not guilty in a misdemeanor case in which he’s accused of fighting with a paparazzo and attempting to take his camera.
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Tourists walked at Nusa Dua area during the APEC Summit meeting recently. The growth of MICE tourism in Bali has not been maximally worked on. All this time, the circles of tourism players only handle the events like meeting, conference and exhibition. Bali Post
DENPASAR - The growth of MICE tourism in Bali has not been maximally worked on. All this time, the circles of tourism players only handle the events like meeting, conference and exhibition. Actually, when talking about MICE (meeting, incentive, convention, exhibition), there is a focus in the form of incentive. Section Chief of Convention Incentives and Event Tourism Facilities, Directorate of Special Interest, Convention, Incentive and Event Tourism Development, Directorate General of Tourist Destination Development, Ministry of Tourism and Economic Creative, Nur Fatonah, said that Indonesia especially Bali was potential to develop incentive tourism because Indonesia had many cultural and tourist attractions. Incentive tourism products required extraordinary creativity. Product design should always be creative.
Actually, the more satisfied the customers, the more creative people made a product covering the three criteria above. “The potential for MICE tourism is still not worked on optimally due to lack of corporate or MICE players that understand about the true criteria of the incentive travel management,” said Nur Fatonah. According to Fathonah, Indonesia had 16 cities with the potential to develop MICE tourism. However, the mindset of tourism players in Indonesia, including
in Bali, still considered the MICE tourism was only related meetings and conventions. “Meanwhile, incentive tourism contained in the MICE has not been worked on optimally. MICE organizers are rarely able to handle the MICE tourism properly,” Fathonah said. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Indonesian Congress and Convention Association (INCCA) of Bali Chapter, IB Surakusuma, revealed that incentive tourism was not only worked on by MICE Bali players, but had also started to be handled by MICE players in Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Medan including Makassar. “However, to work on the MICE market there must be an understanding among the MICE players related to the criteria of incentive tourism. It is required an experience in the field of MICE tourism so they can work on specifically the incentive tourism,” he said. Continued on page 6