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"The future is gold". J’adore Dior, the new film, starring Charlize Theron. 

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Marc Chagall (1887–1985)

L’Anniversaire, 1923

1990/05/17, Sotheby’s N06018, Impressionist & Modern Paintings & Sculpture Part 1

Sold: $14,850,000

*World Record Price at Auction for Marc Chagall*

*** On a day like today (28 Mar) in 1985, Marc Chagall died. R.I.P. ***

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Happy 127th Birthday, Marc Chagall (7 July, 1887)!

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Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

Häuser mit Bunter Wäsche (Vorstadt II), 1914

2011/06/22, Sotheby's L11006, Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Sold: £24,681,250

*World Record Price at Auction for Egon Schiele*

*** Happy 124th Birthday, Egon Schiele (12 June, 1890)! ***

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Gustave Courbet (1819-1877)

Étretat: Les Falaises, 1870

2013/11/06, N09035, Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Sold: $3,749,000

*World Record Price at Auction for Gustave Courbet*

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*** Happy 195th Birthday, Gustave Courbet (10 June, 1819)! ***

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André Derain (1880-1954)

Arbres à Collioure, 1905

2010/06/22, Sotheby's L10006, Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Sold: £16,281,250 ($26,175,366)

*World Record Price at Auction for André Derain*

*** Happy 134th Birthday, André Derain (10 June, 1880)! ***

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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Te Poipoi, 1892

2007/11/07, Sotheby’s N08359, Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Sold: $39,241,000

*** Happy 166th Birthday, Paul Gauguin (7 June, 1848)! ***

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Diego Velázquez (1599–1660)

Saint Rufina, 1632-34

2007/07/04, Sotheby's L07031, Old Master Paintings Evening Sale

Sold: £8,420,000

*World Record Price at Auction for Diego Velázquez*

*** Happy 415th Birthday, Diego Velázquez (6 June, 1599)! ***

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Twenty-five years later, a look at powerful photographs of the Tiananmen Square protests, and the government crackdown that followed: http://nyr.kr/1kEVKfN

Above: People’s Liberation Army soldiers leap over a barrier on Tiananmen Square, on June 4, 1989. Photograph by Catherine Henriette/AFP/Getty.

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Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)

La Foire aux Oignons, 1907

2007/02/05, Sotheby’s L07002, Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale

Sold: £4,052,000

*World Record Price at Auction for Raoul Dufy*

*** Happy 137th Birthday, Raoul Dufy (3 June, 1877)! ***

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Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923)

Spectrum VI, 1969

2007/11/14, Sotheby’s N08363, Contemporary Art Evening Sale

Sold: $5,193,000

*World Record Price at Auction for Ellsworth Kelly*

*** Happy 91st Birthday, Ellsworth Kelly (31 May, 1923)! ***

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Georges Braque (1882–1963)

Paysage à la Ciotat, 1907

2013/05/07, Sotheby’s N08987, Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Sold: $15,845,000

*World Record Price at Auction for Georges Braque*

*** Happy 132nd Birthday, Georges Braque (13 May, 1882)! ***

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Frank Stella (b. 1936)

Tomlinson Court Park (second version), 1959

1989/11/08, Sotheby's New York Contemporary Art Part I, Lot 4

Sold: $5,060,000

*World Record Price at Auction for Frank Stella*

*** Happy 78th Birthday, Frank Stella (12 May, 1936)! ***

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Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

Portrait de Paul Éluard, 1929

20110210, Sotheby’s L11001, Looking Closely: A Private Collection

Sold: £13,481,250

*World Record Price at Auction for Salvador Dalí*

*** Happy 110th Birthday, Salvador Dalí (11 May, 1904)! ***

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Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

Le Sauvetage, 1932

2014/05/07, Sotheby's N09139, Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Sold: $31,525,000

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)

Das Boskett Albertplatz in Dresden, 1911

2012/02/08, Sotheby's L12002, Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Sold: £7,321,250 ($11,646,644)

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Happy 85th Birthday, Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993)!

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Keith Haring (1958-1990)

Untitled (Dancing Dog), 1981

2014/05/14, Sotheby's N09141, Contemporary Art Evening Auction

Est: $3,000,000 - $4,000,000

*** Happy 56th Birthday, Keith Haring (4 May, 1958)! ***