Where’s Sherlock Holmes when you need him?
The art world went all aflutter this week when Picasso’s “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, went on the wall at the Tate Modern in London. But on Tuesday, a cooler transaction took place when Stephen Colbert’s fake-ish portrait was auctioned off for a mere $26,000.
The elusive and very expensive “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” is on display in London for the first time in 60 years. Let’s hope it’s under more than lock and key.
The contemporary art world was taken by storm this week after paintings by pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein battled it out at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York City.
