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The
'Michael Jackson: On the Wall' exhibition at Paris' Grand Palais
features an array of portraits and Jackson-inspired works
including collages, videos and installations.
The exhibition was first shown at London's National Portrait
Gallery in June.
Nicholas Cullinan, director at the National Portrait Gallery,
hoped the Paris show would replicate the success of the event in
London. He said 82,500 people visited the exhibition there,
including celebrities such as Madonna.
Artist Kehinde Wiley's "Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II
(Michael Jackson)" was the last commissioned portrait of the
singer before his death, and it shows the eccentric artist in
regal mode, wearing armor and riding a horse.
Jackson, dubbed the 'King of Pop', died at the age of 50 in 2009
after an overdose of prescribed medicines.
Jackson first rose to fame as a child star singing beside his
brothers in the Jackson Five, whose hits included "ABC".
He then pursued a solo career that led to huge, worldwide hits
with songs such as "Beat It", "Thriller" and "Bad".
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Johnny Cotton and Clotaire Achi;
Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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