Cyrus Langhorne
Bad Boy Records CEO Diddy wants you to be great. The hip-hop mogul has kept mum on his $21 million painting purchase this week and instead is delivering motivational words to his fans.
Puff Daddy went to Instagram Friday night with a quote from late iconic leader Nelson Mandela.
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According to reports, Diddy quietly dropped $21 million this week on artist Kerry James Marshall‘s “Past Times” painting at a private event.
On Thursday night, Jack Shainman, Mr. Marshall’s gallerist and dealer in New York, told The Times that the buyer was Sean Combs, the entrepreneur, fashionista, Grammy Award-winning record producer and subject of the documentary “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story.” “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,” said Mr. Shainman, who has represented Mr. Marshall since his first show at the gallery in 1993. (New York Times)
Rap producer and art collector Swizz Beatz is largely responsible for Diddy’s presence at the event.
The dealer said Mr. Combs was introduced to the painter’s work by a friend and sometime musical collaborator, the hip-hop recording artist and record producer Swizz Beatz. Swizz Beatz — who is performing this Sunday at The School, Mr. Shainman’s gallery in Kinderhook, N.Y, — is an avid art collector with his wife, Alicia Keys. (New York Times)
Kerry James Marshall has extensive ties to the Chicago area.
The painting, Past Times, depicts black Americans picnicking, waterskiing and listening to music in a Chicago park. Marshall is known for painting scenes of African-American life. He was born in Alabama, and grew up in south central Los Angeles before moving to Chicago. The artist received a MacArthur Foundation genius grant in 1997, and previously taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago. (BBC UK)
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