Portrait of Michael Jackson by Kehinde Wiley. Revealed at Art Basel Miami Beach (Image courtesy of The Art Newspaper)
Charmiane Picard of The Art Newspaper reports Kehinde Wiley’s commissioned portrait of Michael Jackson is being unveiled this week at Deitch Projects. Wiley was contacted by Jackson in 2007 after the King of Pop saw the artist’s work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Wiley’s studio was in the process of making arrangements with Jackson to do a formal sitting when they received news he had died on June 25th. Wiley felt obliged to complete the piece despite Jackson’s death. “I think it’s something he would have been proud of. Michael was an extraordinary talented person…and I think his idea of collaborating with me was something that he really wanted to see through….I felt a responsibility to him to get it done,” said Wiley.
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