WRAL

'Sugar Shack,' an iconic painting featured on a Marvin Gaye album cover that depicts Durham dance hall, sells for $15.3 million

A painting that served as the cover for one of legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye's albums has sold at auction for almost $15.3 million. A painting that served as the cover for one of legendary soul ...
Artnet

The Surprising New Record for Ernie Barnes Didn’t Come From Left Field. We Deconstruct the Playbook for Selling ‘The Sugar Shack’

Seller’s remorse is real. Just ask Los Angeles art collector Jim Epstein. A longtime supporter of artist Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), Epstein was as surprised as anyone to read last week that his iconic ...
Houston Chronicle

Sewing: Houston energy trader calls $15.3M for 'Sugar Shack' painting from 'Good Times' a steal

The simple joy of dancing in a North Carolina club may be inconsequential to some. But what the late artist Ernie Barnes created in his acclaimed 1976 painting, "The Sugar Shack," was Black joy. It ...
abc7NY

'Sugar Shack,' iconic painting featured on Marvin Gaye album cover, sells for $15.3 million

A painting that served as the cover for one of legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye's albums has sold at auction for almost $15.3 million. Ernie Barnes' joyous depiction of a frenetic scene in a dance ...