Zona de Azar USA – MGM Auction Off Picasso’s For Diversity Push In Art

USA.-October 26, 2021 www.zonadeazar.com  MGM Resorts has auctioned off five of its famous Picasso paintings that have sat for years in its Bellagio hotel and casino restaurant named after the legendary painter Picasso.

The auction held by Sotheby’s over the weekend at the Bellagio raised over $100 million, the auction took place just two days prior to the famous painters 140th birthday on the 25th October.

Thou five of the Picasso artists paintings are now sold another twelve will remain and the MGM said that they wanted to make space for more diverse artists including women, people of colour, LGBTQ artists and artists with disabilities.

In a 2019 Public Library of Science study of 18 leading US museums it found that 85% of the artists on display are white and 87% are men.

Of the five paintings sold over the weekend the biggest price came for the Homme et Enfant which went for $24.4 million.

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