Vik Muniz Special Portrait Commission

I wonder who had the winning bid for the Vik Muniz portrait commission last night at the New Museum Spring Gala? Vik Muniz takes photographs of his portraits, which are first produced in chocolate syrup. The results are fascinating and totally original. Learn more about the contemporary Brazilian artist here.

Vik Muniz, Marilyn (from Pictures of Chocolate), 1999, Cibachrome

Vik Muniz, The Reader, after Fragonard (from Pictures of Chocolate), 2002, Cibachrome

A commissioned portrait that can be a portrait of you or someone you love. Auctioned by Bill Ruprecht, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sotheby's
Materials: Dimensions: Estimated Value: Chocolate or in another medium decided by the artist and the purchaser Chromogenic Print 60" x 45" $150,000 Courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co. All proceeds to benefit the New Museum
If you would like to make an absentee bid, please call Kate Montague at 212.868.8450 x205 for instructions. A limited number of seats are still available for New Museum's Spring Gala.
Vik Muniz was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and lives and works in NYC. Muniz works in many materials including chocolate syrup, caviar, diamonds, junk, dust and pigment to name a few. He has exhibited his work in major museums and galleries around the world including solo exhibitions at Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; P.S. 1. MoMA, Long Island City, NY; Museu de Arte de São Paulo Brazil; Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine; Museum of Contemporary Art, Montréal, Quebec, Canada; and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art,Gateshead, UK.