TYB
https://apnews.com/8b9bfbc3670b7e1f97c28ab1e27fdc99
Does this not seem like some weird blackmail? It seems like a great way to extort a billionaire. Make him give up a painting for some charity, then have him buy it back…
His hope for “Nature Morte” is that the winner will be someone who appreciates it. If not, “I will be very unhappy” and “would like to buy it back,” Nahmad said.
“There’s nothing worse than to own something without understanding that thing,” he said.
“It’s like people: If you don’t understand a person — whether it’s your wife, your girlfriend or whatever — you can never like them.”