--- description: Fame has a price, and the L.A. gallery that just showed the sculpture from Kanye West's "Famous" music video hopes it will be $4 million. title: An L.A. Gallery Showed Kanye West's 'Famous' Sculpture image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f5878a3e5c91a5d/6988a47ef887dc38c1e97447/kanye-west-famous-sculpture-kim-kardashian.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You Can Own Kanye West's _Famous_ Sculpture for $4 Million  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 1, 2016 12:45 PM CUT  Kim Kardashian attends 'Famous' by Kanye West, a private exhibition event at Blum & Poe on August 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Kim Kardashian attends 'Famous' by Kanye West, a private exhibition event at Blum & Poe on August 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.Rachel Murray—Getty Images for Kanye West  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 1, 2016 12:45 PM CUT Fame has a price, and the Los Angeles gallery that just showed the sculpture from Kanye West’s [“Famous”](http://time.com/4384498/artist-vincent-desiderio-kanye-west-famous-video-sleep/ "undefined") music video [hopes that price will be](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/arts/design/gallery-hopes-to-sell-kanye-wests-famous-sculpture-for-4-million.html? "undefined") $4 million. Last weekend, the Blum & Poe gallery held a private exhibition of “Famous” — a lifelike silicone tableau of 12 famous people, lying in a wide bed around West and his wife Kim Kardashian West. Kim, Kendall Jenner and Olivia Munn were among those on the bed when West introduced the piece [over a video call](https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/kanye-west-famous-exhibition-blum-poe-624731 "undefined") at the opening. The sculpture’s figures, clad only in white sheets, include Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, Bill Cosby, Anna Wintour, Rihanna and [George W. Bush](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7416672/george-w-bush-naked-kanye-west-famous-video "undefined"). Batteries power their chests to rise and fall as if breathing deeply in sleep. [The music video](http://time.com/4382802/kanye-west-releases-famous-video-with-nude-taylor-swift-and-donald-trump/ "undefined") in which the sculpture was featured [provoked mixed reactions](http://time.com/4382876/kanye-west-famous-video-somebody-sue-me/ "undefined") for its portrayals of the naked celebrities in June. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/arts/design/gallery-hopes-to-sell-kanye-wests-famous-sculpture-for-4-million.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4475670/kanye-west-famous-sculpture/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4475670/kanye-west-famous-sculpture/"},"headline":"You Can Own Kanye West's Famous Sculpture for $4 Million","datePublished":"2016-09-01T12:45:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:06.911Z","description":"It hopes for $4 million for all the silicone naked celebrities","url":"https://time.com/4475670/kanye-west-famous-sculpture/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f5878a3e5c91a5d/6988a47ef887dc38c1e97447/kanye-west-famous-sculpture-kim-kardashian.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f5878a3e5c91a5d/6988a47ef887dc38c1e97447/kanye-west-famous-sculpture-kim-kardashian.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kanye west famous sculpture kim kardashian","caption":"kanye west famous sculpture kim kardashian","creditText":"Rachel Murray—Getty Images for Kanye West","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4475670/kanye-west-famous-sculpture/","name":"You Can Own Kanye West's Famous Sculpture for $4 Million"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch Kanye West Introduce His \"Fade\" Music Video\" At The VMA's","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6ItIeAbC/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-08-29T02:34:31.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6ItIeAbC.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4475670/kanye-west-famous-sculpture/","duration":"PT20S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4475670/kanye-west-famous-sculpture/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```