Now, I think most of us know that Brad Pitt collects art, right? Well his newest collection is this painting below by Neo Rauch. You can read up on Rauch here – he actually has a remarkable story. The painting looks great, but for almost a $1 million? I guess Brad really loves his art. Put it this way, it’s a great investment. After all, women are doing a lot worse for fashion. Himilayan Birkin bag..anyone? Apparently, there are on three of this rare diamond-encrusted Hermes in the world and Victoria Beckham has one. She supposedly own a collection worth nearly $2 million. So there you have it. Some people invest in art, some in birkin bags 
Actor Brad Pitt briefly sent camera phones on fire earlier today at the Art Basel art fair in Basel, Switzerland, when he lingered ebfore Neo Rauch’s rainbow-colored racertrack painting, “Etappe,” at the booth of New York deal David Zwirner. The 1998 Painting depicts a swirling view of a drive behind a red, Formula One-style racecar, with workers nearby carrying candy-colored hoses.
After eyeing the 9-foot-wide work for several minutes, Pitt rubbed his goatee, fiddled with his tweed driving cap, and walked away. Zwirner, looking slightly anxious, said, “He’s on the fence. Nothing wrong with that, I guess.” Pitt returned minutes later with Eli and Edythe Broad, the major Los Angeles collectors. Pitt and Broad conferred and then the group left.
Broad, hours later, says he gave the actor a friendly nudge. “I told him we had four Rauchs and if he didn’t buy it, we probably would.” The peer pressure worked: Pitt soon after agreed to buy the oil on linen Rauch for just under $1 million, the gallery confirmed.
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