Bubbles the chimp Courtesy the Center for Great Apes
Two abstract expressionist paintings by Bubbles, the chimpanzee who belonged to late pop star Michael Jackson and now lives at the Center for Great Apes north of Miami, are on sale for $1,500 during Art Basel Miami Beach as part of “Endangered,” an exhibition at the Miami Club Rum Distillery benefiting the ape sanctuary, for which each of its 44 pensioners’ upkeep costs $20,000 per year. “He’s had a really tough time,” said the center’s communications coordinator Casey Taylor. “He didn’t know how to be a chimp. There’s a serious social structure with these animals — you have to know the chimp rules. He mentally shut down.” Via:[artinfo.com]
