Billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fiancé Lauren Sanchez took to their future dwelling in Miami, Florida, over the weekend to attend the coveted annual Artwork Basel occasion.
The artwork set up present, which ran from Friday, December 8 by Sunday, December 10, on the Miami Seaside Conference Middle, has lately develop into a week-long marathon of occasions, events, dinners, and model installations that appeal to the influencer varieties and the who’s-who of the artwork scene.
Earlier within the week, choose VIPs had been invited to preview a few of the 250 galleries of recent and up to date artwork earlier than they had been open to the general public.
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Bezos and Sanchez had been noticed throughout VIP previews on Thursday alongside Marc Glimcher, the chief government of Tempo Gallery and a outstanding seller within the trendy artwork world. Glimcher gained mass notoriety within the artwork world in 2012 when he offered a portray to German visible artist Gerhard Richter at Artwork Basel in Switzerland for a cool $20 million.
Bezos and Sanchez had been internet hosting the FIRST Encourage Gala on the Loews Miami Seaside Resort, honoring Ursula Burns, CEO of XEROX, to learn youth in STEM.
Company attend the FIRST® & i.am/Angel Basis throughout Artwork Basel Miami at Loews Miami Seaside Resort on December 06, 2023 in Miami Seaside, Florida. (Ivan Apfel/Getty Pictures for FIRST)
The pair fueled rumors that a purchase order may need been made, as Bezos is understood to be a giant spender on artwork.
In 2019, he reportedly spent $70 million on two huge artistic endeavors — particularly Ed Ruscha’s “Hurting the Phrase Radio #2” (1964) for $52.5 million at Christie’s and Kerry James Marshall’s “Vignette 19” (2014) for $18.5 million at Sotheby’s.
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It’s unclear if the pair bought artwork on the occasion.
Bezos’ internet price as of Monday afternoon was an estimated $172 billion.
