4/19/2003: "New" Renoir

[OnyxCougar]

Originally posted by Undertoad
Update: the "new" Renoir was bought at auction by Vegas entrepreneur and art-lover Steve Wynn, for $23.5 million. It will probably be on permanent exhibit in his Wynn Collection in Vegas. (There is a distinctly highbrow trend in Vegas for the last decade or so, believe it or not.)

I live in Vegas, and yes, they are trying to "culture-fy" us. Steve Wynn's collection is quite extensive, and in addition to the travelling exhibition collections that appear at the Guggenheim (at the Venetian), Bellagio, Mirage, Caesar's and other "highbrow" casinos, the Wynn Collection (housed in the ex-Desert Inn) is doing a passable job at returning a "wee bit o' class" to the city.