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Basquiat painting fetches record $48.8M in NY

May 16

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This image released by Christie's auction house on Friday April 12, 2013, shows a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting titled "Dustheads" that could sell for as much as $35 million at a May 15 auction. Basquiat's painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie's says "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Christie's)

NEW YORK (AP) — A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL’ BAH’-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York.

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Vatican re-enters art world with Venice Biennale

May 15

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Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world’s most prestigious contemporary arts festivals.

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