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Huge art sale brings home the Bacon for Sotheby's
- 2008-07-02
LONDON AFP — A huge contemporary art sale at London auction house Sotheby's this week saw works sold for a total of nearly 95 million pounds -- a European record for the genre, the firm said. Tuesday evening's sale saw works by artists including Francis Bacon, Antony Gormley and...
Records for Munch, Leger at New York auction
- 2008-05-08
NEW YORK AFP — Works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse have been sold at a Sotheby's sale of impressionist and modern art in New York, with new records for works by Edvard Munch and cubist Fernand Leger helping to calm some fears over the health of the art market....
Bacon work tipped for record at New York auction
- 2008-03-24
NEW YORK AFP — A painting by Dublin-born British artist Francis Bacon is tipped to fetch a record 70 million dollars when it goes under the hammer in New York in May, Sotheby's said Monday. "Triptych, 1976," described by the auction house as "a masterwork of the first order"...
London's blockbuster week of art auctions set to defy financial gloom
- 2008-02-03
LONDON AFP — A Francis Bacon tryptich and works by Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Paul Cezanne are going under the hammer in London this week in auctions set to send sales records tumbling. Auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's are rubbing their hands with anticipation ahead of a week...
Noortman art collection sold at auction for 6.1 million euros
- 2007-12-18
THE HAGUE AFP — The collection of a celebrated Dutch art dealer went for 6.1 million euros (8.8 million dollars) at auction in Amsterdam, Sotheby's announced Tuesday -- double their original estimate. "The paintings, furniture and other fine pieces... attracted a lot of international attention," Sotheby's said, after a...
Magna Carta sold for 21.3 million at New York auction
- 2007-12-18
NEW YORK, AFP — One of only 17 existing copies of the Magna Carta, the iconic 800-year-old English royal manuscript setting out the rights of man, sold at auction at Sotheby's Tuesday for 21.3 million dollars. Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned, the vellum manuscript was...
Copy of Magna Carta set for auction in New York
- 2007-12-17
NEW YORK AFP — Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale Tuesday when a copy of the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. The royal charter, dated 1297 and bearing the wax seal of...
Magna Carta to go under hammer in New York
- 2007-12-17
NEW YORK AFP — Arguably the most important document ever to be auctioned goes on sale Tuesday when the Magna Carta, an 800-year-old English royal manuscript, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. The royal charter, dated 1297 and bearing the wax seal of King Edward I,...
Early 'Card Sharps' by Caravaggio on display for first time
- 2007-12-15
ROME AFP — A priceless Caravaggio once attributed to a "follower" of the Italian Baroque master went on public display for the first time on Saturday at a Sicilian museum. "The Card Sharps," authenticated as a Caravaggio after British art collector and historian Sir Denis Mahon bought it at...
Turner watercolour, thought lost, sells for three million pounds
- 2007-12-05
LONDON AFP — A watercolour painting by JMW Turner that was thought to have been lost for more than a century sold for nearly three million pounds at an auction in London on Wednesday. "Bamborough Castle" had not been publicly seen since 1889 when it was acquired by the...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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