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Sen. Heinrich joins rival for reality survival show
Giant alien-like dinosaur unveiled
River cleanup gets approval
Two opposing freshman U.S. senators — Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., right, and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. — spent a week marooned on an island for a reality show. PAGE B-1
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus was an aquatic monster with a crocodile snout, long neck that probably nested on land. PAGE A-2
The city says a volunteer may continue to thin vegetation along the river. PAGE B-1
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O’Keeffe Museum to shed 3 pieces
Ex-aide to gov. seeks probation in email theft case
ABOVE: On The Old Santa Fe Road, © 2014 The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Untitled (Skunk Cabbage), painted in 1927. © 2014 The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
O’Keeffes are still undervalued. Although flower paintings represent only about 8 percent of O’Keeffee’s entire output, they are very popular with the public. Jimson Weed, a 40-inch by 48-inch oil on canvas painted in 1932, hung in the White House for six years at the request of first lady Laura Bush. O’Keeffe gave the painting to her sister, Anita O’Keeffe Young, before 1966. It was included in the 1987 auction of Young’s estate at Sotheby’s, where it was bought by Santa Fe art dealer Gerald Peters and his wife, Kathleen. The provenance is somewhat murky after that. The celebrated painting went back to Sotheby’s
Jamie Estrada, the former campaign manager for Gov. Susana Martinez, says he should receive probation rather than prison time for stealing the governor’s email and lying to the FBI about it. A sentencing memorandum filed in federal court this week says his motives were “mixed.” “He felt used and betrayed by Gov. Martinez,” the document says. “But he also believed that the emails would reveal that Gov. Martinez or members of her administration were involved in unethical and possibly even illegal conduct. In any event, he knows there is no excuse for his own actions.” Estrada, who pleaded guilty to the charges earlier this year, is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 8 in Albuquerque. He faces up to a year and a day in federal prison. In his memorandum, Estrada’s
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Jimson Weed, a 40-inch by 48-inch oil on canvas painted in 1932. © 2014 The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Georgia O’Keeffe,shown in 1975, painted New Mexico images. COURTESY GERALD PETERS GALLERY
Paintings being sold to build endowment, buy more of artist’s work By Anne Constable The New Mexican
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he Georgia O’Keeffe Museum announced this week that it is selling three works by the artist, including one of her iconic flower paintings that is estimated to bring between $10 million and $15 million at auction. Museum Director Robert Kret said the board’s decision to sell the pieces was “not taken lightly” but will allow the Santa Fe museum to build its endowment fund and compete in the global market for other works by O’Keeffe to fill gaps in its own collection. Jimson Weed/White Flower 1 and two other paintings, an abstract of a skunk cabbage and a
Northern New Mexico landscape, will be offered Nov. 20 in an auction of American art at Sotheby’s in New York City. Prior to the sale, Jimson Weed will travel to major cities in the United States and Hong Kong and will be displayed for potential bidders. All three works were gifts to the museum by the Fort Worth-based Burnett Foundation and are wholly owned by the museum. “They are beautiful examples of O’Keeffe’s work and show the spectrum of her career,” said Elizabeth Goldberg, head of Sotheby’s American Art Department. The museum believes the time for this sale is optimum, in part because the art market has rebounded and also because the museum believes
Facebook bans cover of S.F. woman’s book Site says image on memoir on surviving cancer is too racy By Chris Quintana The New Mexican
A picture of Call Upon My Blessed Passion, a painting by artist Alexandra Eldridge, was banned by Facebook for use in an ad for local author Hollis Walker’s book, The Booby Blog: A Cancer Chronicle. COURTESY PHOTO
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Pleaded guilty earlier this year to stealing Gov. Susana Martinez’s emails.
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Santa Fe writer and interfaith minister Hollis Walker, who survived breast cancer last year and wrote a book about her battle, recently encountered more woes trying to advertise the new memoir on Facebook because of the image on its cover. The social media giant says the artwork is too explicit, violating the company’s advertising policy. The image in question: A painting of a nude angel with scarlet wings standing atop a
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ladder among barren trees in a snowcovered field. The heavenly being’s bare breasts and crotch occupy Hollis Walker a just a small portion of the painting Call Upon My Blessed Passion by local artist Alexandra Eldridge. “I was appalled,” Walker said. “This is a project about breast cancer. It really irks me that this beautiful artwork could be assumed to be pornographic.” A Facebook advertising representative, who only used the name Vanessa, wrote to Walker on Tuesday, saying the
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Today Thunderstorms. High 71, low 46. PAGE B-9
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Arab allies pledge to help fight ISIS Turkey declines to sign on to deal By Lara Jakes and Adam Schreck The Associated Press
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Key Arab allies promised Thursday to “do their share” to fight Islamic State militants, but NATO member Turkey refused to join in, signaling the struggle the U.S. faces in trying to get front-line nations to put aside their regional animosities and work together to defeat a common enemy. In a joint statement, the 10 Arab states agreed to stop the flow of fighters and funding to the
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insurgents and possibly to join military action. Their announcement followed a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his counterparts in the Red Sea coastal city of Jiddah. Kerry’s visit, on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, was aimed at pinning down the support regional allies are willing to give to U.S. plans to beat back the Islamic State group, which has seized
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