The moment an artist dies, all his works becomes a limited edition. Adam Lindemann, an art collector, and gallery owner says, “art is part of our collective cultural history, and it is forever.” But when Yusaku Maezawa buys a Basquiat for $110Million, he is creating history and trying to become part of art history himself. Also setting up a price for the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose earliest childhood memory was being hit by a car!
Owning a piece of history by making it historical by the price you pay for the limited edition work of an artist who died at the age of 27 due to an overdose of heroin.
I wonder – who is the artist here? Jean-Michel Basquiat or is it Yusaku Maezawa? Who is a bigger artist? Masterstrokes of history!