Portrait of Grace Kelly by Artist Peter Engels Shortly to be Auctioned by Sotheby’s in the Presence of Prince Albert II of Monaco

September 16th, 2009 NEW YORK and BERLIN - Now through September 29, artnet Auctions is featuring the Prints Masterworks Auction, a special online auction of prints and multiples by some of the most influential artists of the 20th-21st century. The sale comprises 150 works by 50 artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Pablo Picasso with estimates from US$1,000-US$150,000.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - - Portrait to be Shown for Three Days Only Before Returning to The States - With Photo This Thursday 6th August the British Music Experience, the interactive exhibition of popular music situated within The O2, will display Andy Warhol's (Green) Michael Jackson portrait. The British Music Experience will be the only European venue to host the 1984 portrait before it returns to New York to go under the hammer.

June 29th, 2009 NEW YORK and BERLIN - artnet Auctions sale of Icons: 20th-21st Century Photographic Portraits showed strength in the photographs market as the ten-day online photographs auction concluded June 25 with outstanding results. The sale featured over 200 original fine art photographs of legends of fashion, film, music, politics, sports, arts and literature from Marilyn Monroe to Madonna.

June 16th, 2009 MONACO - Prince Albert II, ruler of the principality of Monaco, revealed his views on sustainable luxury to Fiona Sanderson of The Luxury Channel this week at the FT Business of Luxury Summit. The Luxury Channel is the official broadcast partner for the FT Business of Luxury Summit, a conference chaired by Lionel Barber, editor of the FT, and comprised of panel discussions with industry leaders such as Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH and Diego Della Valle, Chairman and CEO of Tod's Group.

June 14th, 2009 NEW YORK and BERLIN - 200 photographs by 70 renowned photographers - Estimates from US$1,000 to US$20,000 - June 15 - 25, 2009 From June 15-25 artnet Auctions will feature Icons: 20th-21st Century Photographic Portraits, a special sale of 200 original fine art photographs of legendary figures including The Beatles, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, President Barack Obama and Elvis Presley. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: www.prnewswire.com/mnr/artnet/38797/ (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090615/NY30987 ) Screen Sirens Leading the sale is an exceptional group of fifteen photographs of screen stars Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe from the 1950s-1960s.

May 19th, 2009 LONDON - "Imagination is more important than knowledge"... Albert Einstein If we adhere to the words of the great Albert Einstein we would be lead to believe that a person's imagination holds the key to any great discovery.

May 6th, 2009 PAIGNTON and NOTTINGHAM, England - Spirent Delivers Satellite Navigation Signal Test and Simulation Capabilities for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) the leading provider of navigation and positioning test solutions, and the GNSS Research and Applications Centre of Excellence (GRACE), part of University of Nottingham's Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG), have expanded their already strong relationship to further advance the facility's satellite navigation signal test and simulation capabilities. This collaboration provides GRACE users access to a world-class Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) research laboratory and associated training services, an unsurpassed GNSS applications development environment and exceptional GNSS simulation, test-bed and testing facilities.

April 8th, 2009 PARIS - A creative laboratory but also a social insight, the La fabrique du portrait, Rodin face a ses modeles exhibition invites you to discover the considerable but little-known work of Rodin the portraitist. It highlights the artist's creative process and approach in building a portrait.

April 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - On March 20th, Solar and Environmental Technologies Corp. (Solar - ETC) received the First Place Award for "Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Development" at the CleanEquity Monaco 2009 Emerging Technology Conference held in Monaco.

March 31st, 2009 AMSTERDAM - "...I want to keep drawing for as long as possible" At the opening and the weekend of the Art Fair Tokyo 2009, Ayako Rokkaku will perform a live painting session on a 2.20 x 7.00 metres canvas. The artist Ayako Rokkaku (1982) made this statement in an interview at the Geisai art market in 2006 where she participated with here own stand.

April 24th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler has fetched 10,000 pounds at an auction. The watercolour is thought to be one of the Nazi leader's earliest works.

June 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - Renowned social scientist Friedrich Engels has been dubbed a 'sexual predator' in a new biography. "Marx's General" by Tristram Hunt reveals that Engels loved hookers and hated homosexuals.

May 4th, 2009 LONDON - A private portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall is going on public display this week. The annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters had obtained the painting from Prince Charles.

July 2nd, 2009 Possible Michelangelo self-portrait revealedVATICAN CITY — The restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes in the Vatican's Pauline Chapel may have produced a special prize — a previously unknown self-portrait of the artist. Chief Vatican restorer Maurizio De Luca said Thursday that the face of a man on horseback in the artist's "The Crucifixion of St.

April 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pop star Kelly Rowland has confirmed that she has split from Columbia records. While reports suggest that Rowland was dropped by her record label, she insists that it was a mutual decision.

April 25th, 2009 Monaco says Navistar to buy most of its assetsCOBURG, Ore. — RV maker Monaco Coach Corp.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A large oil-on-canvas portrait of the 10th and last Sikh Guru - Guru Gobind Singh - will be up for sale at Sotheby's Indian Art auction in New York Sep 17. The work is one of the highlights of the early paintings on the sale and is estimated at $70,000.

April 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Country singer Faith Hill has posed as three other iconic blondes for the May issue of Redbook magazine. The 41-year-old has posed as actress Brigitte Bardot, model Twiggy and actress Grace Kelly, reports Fox News.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States has learnt that an old portrait of a moustached man, which was assumed to be a cheap imitation, is actually a genuine work by the 17th century Spanish master Velazquez. The portrait has a man in his 30s, dressed in black and posed in a three-quarter view.

April 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - The word 'recession' surely has no place in Prince's dictionary, for the musician has just released a 2,100-dollar iPod Touch. "The Limited Edition Prince Opus iPod" has got a lovely purple hue, comes pre-loaded with a 40-minute concert video and 15 songs, and is sold along with a Prince photo book, Wired.com reports.