Monday, May 25, 2015

Expensive art owned by tech billionaires

Last week, a Picasso painting called "The Women of Algiers (Version 0)" fetched $179.4 million minutes before a bronze statue by Alberto Giacometti called "Man Pointing" sold for $141.3 million. 

The buyers were anonymous, though a recent New York Times article narrowed the potential Picasso buyers down to 50 suspects — some of whom made their fortunes in tech.

Tech titans have a taste for expensive art. We've rounded up some of the biggest purchases here.

Read more... http://www.businessinsider.com/expensive-art-owned-by-tech-billionaires-2015-5?op=1

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