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The Glow Up's Guide to Giving: The Gift of the Radiant Child
As we all well know, for Christians, the height of the holiday season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ—the young man who, according to the Bible, was immaculately conceived, born to save us and ultimately died for our sins (with a promise to return). But strangely, it was another young man who…
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Watch: Kerry James Marshall Just Sold the Most Expensive Painting by a Living African-American Artist [Updated]
Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018, 11:14 a.m. EDT: Plot twist—turns out, none other than Sean “Diddy” Combs was the mystery buyer of the Kerry James Marshall painting. The mogul made his bid through another buyer via phone. Marshall’s dealer told the New York Times that Combs was introduced to the artist’s work by fellow producer…
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Sean John x Jean-Michel Basquiat: A 20th-Anniversary Collaboration Honoring the Radiant Child
For the 20th anniversary of his Sean Jean clothing brand, Sean “Puffy” Combs’ latest artist collaboration is a partly posthumous one: a five-piece T-shirt-and-denim capsule collection featuring the work of painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Combs—obviously also known as “Diddy”—and Jay-Z both collect the late painter and revere him in their lyrics. As Diddy rhymes in the…
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting Sells at Auction for Record $110,500,000
A skull painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, named Untitled, sold at auction Thursday for $110.5 million—the highest price ever paid for the work of an American artist, and also the sixth-highest auction price for any painting in world history. The Sotheby’s auction lasted only 10 minutes, and the artwork was purchased by Yusaku Maezawa, a Chinese-born…