Michael Jackson Portrait Up for Sale

Posted on October 27, 2009 (Tammy)

Andy Warhol’s portrait of Michael Jackson is finally going up for sale. A similar portrait of the King of Pop was sold in early August to an anonymous bidder, but Christie’s auction house in New York City will be placing another portrait of the late singer by Warhol up for auction starting on November 10th. [...]

Brad Pitt buys $1m painting

Posted on June 11, 2009 (Tammy)

Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt has spent nearly $1m on a painting.
The actor paid $956,000 for the Neo Rauch oil painting Etappe, at Art Basel, an international art show for modern and contemporary works in Basel, Switzerland.
The nine-foot wide 1998 painting shows a swirling view of a driver behind a red racecar, with workers nearby carrying [...]

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is filthy rich

Posted on November 19, 2008 (Tammy)

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is filthy rich and he has no problems showing off just how rich he is. The rocker Lars Ulrich recently purchased a Jean Michel-Basquiat painting at an auction in New York City for a cool $14 million, easily outdoing the $12 million it was estimated to go for. The art is [...]

John Mayer Supports Art

Posted on October 10, 2008 (Tammy)

John Mayer was spotted as he returned to his apartment after shopping in New York City then spotted looking dapper as he went out for the Susan and Tony Bennett’s Exploring the Arts (ETA) gala recently. The non-profit organization supports arts education in public schools and was able to raise $1.2 million through the event. [...]