Tiffany ad featuring Beyoncé and Jay-Z includes Jean-Michel Basquiat painting long out view
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A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, long out of public view, is being paired with the iconic Tiffany diamond in a new advertising campaign that features singer Beyoncé and her rapper husband Jay-Z.
"As part of a private collection from its creation until now, this campaign marks the work-of-art's first public appearance," Tiffany stated in a news release. The "About Love" campaign has Jay-Z decked out in a black-tie tuxedo and Beyoncé sporting the 128.54-carat Tiffany Diamond, making the performer one of only four women to ever wear it. That list also includes American socialite Mary Whitehouse, Audrey Hepburn and Lady Gaga, according to Women's Wear Daily.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.