Kranhold reported that Taubman is unlikely to sell his stake at present, in part because Sotheby's has to stand behind him publicly as long as he controls the company. And presumably, with the company itself having put the worst of the price-fixing case behind it, the stock has nowhere to go but up. Although these are only the public aspects of his finances, Berggruen certainly seems to be an exceptional provider as well as a dealer with a good eye. The Walker's construction plans also call for a 350-seat performance space, a restaurant and the demolition of the nearby Guthrie Theater building for an underground parking garage and extension of the museum's famed sculpture garden. After 10 years as one of the livelier sites for avant-garde expermentation in SoHo, the alternative art gallery Thread Waxing Space is slated to close at the end of its current show, a victim of rising rents and declining government arts support.
Word is that once the art ends, the space is to be converted to a luxury living loft.
Seymour, who says she started painting 10 years ago at the encouragement of Japanese flower painter Hiro Yamagata , has sold works to Johnny Cash and Leeza Gibbons . The German designer Escada has also turned one of Seymour's floral paintings into a silk scarf, with proceeds going to charity . All rights reserved.