http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...buys-21-1m-Kerry-James-Marshall-painting.html
Rapper Sean 'P Diddy' Combs has been unmasked as the buyer of a $21.1 million painting by Kerry James Marshall.
The hip-hop artist outbid well-known art collectors and museums for Past Times, which depicts a black family having a picnic in a park.
The record sale for a living black painter prompted speculation about who was able to snap it up at auction on Wednesday night.
Finally, Mr Marshall's dealer Jack Shainman revealed to the New York Times that Combs was the buyer, beating out three other collectors including Eli Broad.
'I know that this work has found a home in a collection with purpose and an eye toward preserving legacy - that of Sean Combs, and that means a lot,' he said.
Amy Cappellazzo, chairman of Sotheby's fine art division which auction the painting, said black American artists were finally being properly recognized.
It was the same year Mr Marshall won a MacArthur Foundation genius grant, and before that he taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The 13-by-9-foot work of acrylic and collage on canvas work was offloaded because it became too valuable for the Authority to protect.
However, Mr Shainman said such huge success wouldn't change the way Mr Walker approached his craft, having just completed a painting of London Bridge for Tate Modern.
'The world is recognizing Kerry James Marshall for the master that he is... what Kerry is happiest doing is working in the studio,' he said.
Rapper Sean 'P Diddy' Combs has been unmasked as the buyer of a $21.1 million painting by Kerry James Marshall.
The hip-hop artist outbid well-known art collectors and museums for Past Times, which depicts a black family having a picnic in a park.
The record sale for a living black painter prompted speculation about who was able to snap it up at auction on Wednesday night.
Finally, Mr Marshall's dealer Jack Shainman revealed to the New York Times that Combs was the buyer, beating out three other collectors including Eli Broad.
'I know that this work has found a home in a collection with purpose and an eye toward preserving legacy - that of Sean Combs, and that means a lot,' he said.
Amy Cappellazzo, chairman of Sotheby's fine art division which auction the painting, said black American artists were finally being properly recognized.
It was the same year Mr Marshall won a MacArthur Foundation genius grant, and before that he taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The 13-by-9-foot work of acrylic and collage on canvas work was offloaded because it became too valuable for the Authority to protect.
However, Mr Shainman said such huge success wouldn't change the way Mr Walker approached his craft, having just completed a painting of London Bridge for Tate Modern.
'The world is recognizing Kerry James Marshall for the master that he is... what Kerry is happiest doing is working in the studio,' he said.
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Props to artist and Puffy. OP can still kill himself. 1 star for his bitch ass.
