Mystery buyer of RM283mil digital artwork reveals identity


An Indian-born blockchain entrepreneur revealed himself as the mystery buyer of Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" digital artwork, saying he did it to show people of colour could be patrons of art. — Christie's via AP

An Indian-born blockchain entrepreneur has revealed himself as the mystery buyer who paid a record US$69.3mil (RM283.42mil) for a digital artwork last week, describing his purchase as a shot fired for racial equality.

Programmer Vignesh Sundaresan, who is based in Singapore, said in a blog post Thursday that he had purchased the most expensive digital artwork ever sold to "show Indians and people of color that they too could be patrons" of the arts.

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