Episode 32 • • 1:13:38 - 1:21:03
32: Benefits Supervisor Sleeping
Lucian Freud's Record-Breaking Painting Sale
A painting by 85-year-old artist Lucian Freud, titled "Benefit Supervisor Sleeping," sold for a record $33.6 million at auction. The sale of the piece, which depicts a nude, obese woman, has sparked debate regarding the subjective nature of beauty and the astronomical prices currently found in the contemporary art market.