Mystery buyer of US$69mil digital artwork known only as 'Metakovan'

A detail shot from Beeple's digital collage 'Everydays: The First 5,000 Days'. Photo: Reuters

The buyer of a landmark work by the digital artist Beeple, which sold for US$69.3mil (RM285mil), is a leading collector of new technologies who operates under the pseudonym Metakovan, the auction house Christie's announced recently.

The sale of Everydays: The First 5,000 Days, a virtual mosaic created by Mike Winkelmann - the US artist's real name - caused upheaval on the art market, where digital art was still a niche just six months ago.