‘Pre-school artist’ shakes up German art world
12 January 2020 |
2:15 pm
The young art prodigy Mikail Akar unveils his new exhibition at a Berlin gallery featuring a collaboration with German football star Manuel Neuer. Akar has become a sensation of the art world selling paintings for prices up to tens of thousands of euros at the tender age of seven. The seven-year-old tells AFP that his idols include Pollock, Michael Jackson and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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