NEW YORK— A Japanese online retailer bought a self-portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat for a world auction record of $57.3 million at Christie’s in New York City.
Yusaku Maezawa purchased Basquiat’s monumental “Untitled, 1982” at a Christie’s contemporary art sale Tuesday evening. The painting portrays the young artist as a fiery demonic figure.
Maezawa bought four other works at the auction for a combined total of $81.4 million.
Maezawa says he plans to open a private museum in his hometown of Chiba, on the outskirts of Tokyo. He says he hopes to show the painting to the public in the near future.
Basquiat’s previous auction record was $48.8 million.
ASTORIA – Thiasos Theatrical Group and FAMA Theater Group New York present the charming Greek comedy ‘Yparhi kai Filotimo’ (‘Filotimo also Exists’) by Alekos Sakellariou and Christos Giannakopoulos at the Thespis Theatre at the Archdiocesan Hellenic Cultural Center, 27-09 Crescent Street in Astoria, through April 2.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
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