Oprah Winfrey sells $150m Klimt portrait to Chinese buyer

Oprah Winfrey has been revealed as the buyer of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II from Christie’s in 2006 after reports emerged that she sold the painting last year for a $63m profit.

The new owner is thought to be a Chinese collector who bought the 1912 oil on canvas in a private sa…

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