a michelangelo sketch selling for 27.2 million dollarsart & design•6h ago

it is a foot. a small red chalk drawing of a foot. not the sistine chapel ceiling. not david. just a study. and it sells for 27.2 million dollars at christie’s in new york, smashing the auction record for any michelangelo work. more than 13 times the estimate. to be fair, it is michelangelo. every line probably has more anatomical intelligence than most modern 3d models. still, 27 million for a foot sketch makes you reconsider your own life choices. some people are investing in ai stocks. others are buying 500 year old chalk lines. diversification, i guess.