Editing David Bowie (section)

==Other works==
===Painter and art collector===
{{See also|David Bowie's art collection}}
Bowie was a painter and artist. He moved to Switzerland in 1976, purchasing a chalet in the hills north of [[Lake Geneva]]. In the new environment, his cocaine use decreased,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Malcolm |last=Curtis |url=https://www.thelocal.ch/20160111/bowies-discreet-time-in-switzerland-remembered |title=Bowie's discreet time in Switzerland recalled |work=[[The Local]] |date=11 January 2016|access-date=22 September 2017|archive-date=22 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922194144/https://www.thelocal.ch/20160111/bowies-discreet-time-in-switzerland-remembered|url-status=live}}</ref> and he devoted more time to his painting, producing a number of [[post-modernist]] pieces. When on tour, he took to sketching in a notebook, and photographing scenes for later reference. Visiting galleries in [[Geneva]] and the [[Brücke Museum]] in Berlin, Bowie became, in the words of Sandford, "a prolific producer and collector of contemporary art.&nbsp;... Not only did he become a well-known patron of [[expressionist art]]: locked in Clos des Mésanges he began an intensive self-improvement course in classical music and literature, and started work on an autobiography."{{sfn|Sandford|1997|pp=154–155}}

One of Bowie's paintings sold at auction in late 1990 for $500,<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Newsweek |title=Random notes |date=10 December 1990 |page=94}}</ref> and the cover for his 1995 album ''Outside'' is a close-up of a self-portrait he painted that year.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}} His first solo show, titled ''New Afro/Pagan and Work: 1975–1995'', was in 1995 at The Gallery in [[Cork Street]], London.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=697}} In 1997, he founded the publishing company 21 Publishing, whose first title was ''Blimey! – From Bohemia to Britpop: London Art World from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst'' by [[Matthew Collings]].{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}} A year later, Bowie was invited to join the editorial board of the journal ''[[Modern Painters (magazine)|Modern Painters]]'',<ref name="TGS">{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Maev |title=David Bowie's private art collection to be unveiled for the first time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/14/david-bowies-private-art-collection-unveiled-first-time-sothebys |url-status=live |date=14 July 2016 |access-date=14 July 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203212019/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/14/david-bowies-private-art-collection-unveiled-first-time-sothebys |archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> and participated in the [[Nat Tate]] art hoax later that year.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}} The same year, during an interview with [[Michael Kimmelman]] for ''[[The New York Times]]'', he said "Art was, seriously, the only thing I'd ever wanted to own."<ref>{{cite news |last=Kimmelman |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Kimmelman |date=14 June 1998 |title=David Bowie on His Favorite Artists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/arts/design/david-bowie-on-his-favorite-artists.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=5 December 2016 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102190400/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/arts/design/david-bowie-on-his-favorite-artists.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, in a 1999 interview for the BBC, he said "The only thing I buy obsessively and addictively is art".<ref name=ibt>{{cite news |last=Silva |first=Cristina |title=David Bowie's Art Collection Is As Beautiful As You Imagined |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/david-bowies-art-collection-beautiful-you-imagined-photos-2391686 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[International Business Times]] |date=14 July 2016 |access-date=15 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716070520/http://www.ibtimes.com/david-bowies-art-collection-beautiful-you-imagined-photos-2391686 |archive-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> His art collection, which included works by [[Damien Hirst]], [[Derek Boshier]], [[Frank Auerbach]], [[Henry Moore]], and Jean-Michel Basquiat among others, was valued at over £10&nbsp;million in mid-2016.<ref name="TGS" />

After his death, his family decided to sell most of the collection because they "didn't have the space" to store it.<ref name="TGS" /> On 10 and 11&nbsp;November, three auctions were held at [[Sotheby's]] in London.<ref name=sh>{{cite web |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/slideshows/david-bowies-art-captivates-collectors |title=David Bowie's Art Captivates Collectors |website=Sotheby's|date=14 November 2016 |access-date=30 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202101821/https://www.sothebys.com/en/slideshows/david-bowies-art-captivates-collectors|url-status=live}}</ref> Exhibition of the works in the auction attracted 51,470 visitors; the auction was attended by 1,750 bidders, with over 1,000 more bidding online. The auction's overall sale total was £32.9&nbsp;million (app. $41.5&nbsp;million), while the highest-selling item, Basquiat's graffiti-inspired painting ''Air Power'', sold for £7.09&nbsp;million.<ref name=sh/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/david-bowie-art-collection-worth-over-41mn-auction-142214379.html |title=David Bowie art collection worth over $41 mn at auction |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |via=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=12 November 2016|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-date=1 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101214114/https://www.yahoo.com/news/david-bowie-art-collection-worth-over-41mn-auction-142214379.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Writings===
Outside of music, Bowie dabbled in several forms of writings during his life. In the late 1990s, Bowie was commissioned for writings of various media, including an essay on Jean-Michel Basquiat for the 2001 anthology book ''Writers on Artists'' and forewords to Jo Levin's 2001 publication ''GQ Cool'', Mick Rock's 2001 photography portfolio ''Blood and Glitter'', his wife Iman's 2001 book ''I Am Iman'', ''Q'' magazine's 2002 special ''The 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Photographs'' and Jonathan Barnbrook's artwork portfolio ''Barnbrook Bible: The Graphic Design of Jonathan Barnbrook''.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}} He also heavily contributed to the 2002 Genesis Publications memoir of the Ziggy Stardust years, ''Moonage Daydream'', which was rereleased in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |title=David Bowie 'Moonage Daydream' Massive Photo Book to Be Released in Anniversary Edition |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/david-bowie-moonage-daydream-photo-book-1235392430/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 October 2022 |date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016205819/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/david-bowie-moonage-daydream-photo-book-1235392430/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bowie also wrote liner notes for several albums, including ''Too Many Fish in the Sea'' by [[Robin Clark]], the wife of his guitarist Carlos Alomar, Stevie Ray Vaughan's posthumous ''[[Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985]]'' (2002), [[The Spinners (American group)|the Spinners]]' compilation ''The Chrome Collection'' (2003), the tenth anniversary reissue of Placebo's [[Placebo (Placebo album)|debut album]] (2006) and [[Neu!]]'s ''[[Neu! Vinyl Box|Vinyl Box]]'' (2010).{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}} Bowie also wrote an appreciation piece in ''Rolling Stone'' for Nine Inch Nails in 2005 and an essay for the booklet accompanying Iggy Pop's ''[[A Million in Prizes: The Anthology]]'' the same year.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}}

===Bowie Bonds===
{{Main|Celebrity bond}}
"Bowie Bonds", the first modern example of [[celebrity bond]]s, were [[asset-backed securities]] of current and future revenues of the 25 albums that Bowie recorded before 1990.<ref name="Investment">{{cite news |at=Sec. Business, p. 28 |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York |date=26 October 1998 |title=Investment Banker Hopes to Issue More Rock 'n' Roll Bonds |first=Phyllis |last=Furman|access-date=18 January 2013 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53133655.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223125210/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53133655.html| url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2016}}</ref> Issued in 1997, the bonds were bought for US$55&nbsp;million by the [[Prudential Insurance Company of America]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Venkataraghavan |first=Srinivasan |title=David Bowie Bonds & IP Securitization |url=http://www.commodityonline.com/news/david-bowie-bonds--ip-securitization-1896-3-1897.html |work=CommodityOnline|access-date=19 April 2012|archive-date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620051917/http://www.commodityonline.com/news/david-bowie-bonds--ip-securitization-1896-3-1897.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AP97>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Bowie Rocks Wall Street |newspaper=Eastside Journal |location=Bellevue, WA |date=15 February 1997 |pages=B1, B4}}</ref> [[Royalties]] from the 25 albums generated the cash flow that secured the bonds' interest payments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pullmanco.com/dbb.htm |title=The Pullman Group – David Bowie Bonds|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731112349/http://www.pullmanco.com/dbb.htm |archive-date=31 July 2012|access-date=15 March 2009}}</ref> By forfeiting 10 years of royalties, Bowie received a payment of US$55&nbsp;million up front. Bowie used this income to buy songs owned by Defries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0497/0497pro2.html |newspaper=[[The Pennsylvania Gazette]] |title=David Pullman |first=Susan |last=Lonkevich|access-date=16 March 2009|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602042450/http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0497/0497pro2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The bonds liquidated in 2007 and the rights to the income from the songs reverted to Bowie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/01/11/2149761/a-short-history-of-the-bowie-bond/ |title=A Short History of the Bowie Bond |date=11 January 2016 |publisher=[[FT Alphaville]] |url-access=registration |access-date=13 January 2016 |archive-date=13 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113183007/http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/01/11/2149761/a-short-history-of-the-bowie-bond/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Websites===
Bowie launched two personal websites during his lifetime. The first, an [[Internet service provider]] titled [[BowieNet]], was developed in conjunction with Robert Goodale and Ron Roy and launched in September 1998.<ref name="Stuart">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/david-bowie-bowienet-isp-internet |title=BowieNet: how David Bowie's ISP foresaw the future of the internet |last=Stuart |first=Keith |work=The Guardian |date=11 January 2016|access-date=13 January 2016|archive-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233515/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/david-bowie-bowienet-isp-internet|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hogan">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6842796/bowienet-david-bowie-pioneering-online-fan-club-isp |title=Behind David Bowie's Pioneering Internet Service BowieNet, Where the 'Sailor' Was Known to Roam |last=Hogan |first=Marc |magazine=Billboard |date=12 January 2016|access-date=13 January 2016|archive-date=7 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207221116/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6842796/bowienet-david-bowie-pioneering-online-fan-club-isp|url-status=live}}</ref> Subscribers to the [[dial-up]] service were offered exclusive content as well as a BowieNet email address and Internet access. The service was closed by 2006.<ref name="Stuart" /> The second, www.bowieart.com, allowed fans to purchase selected paintings, prints and sculptures from his private collection. The service, which ran from 2000 to 2008, also offered a showcase for young art students, in Bowie's words, "to show and sell their work without having to go through a dealer. Therefore, they really make the money they deserve for their paintings."{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}}

===Philanthropy===
Bowie was involved in philanthropic efforts for HIV/AIDS research in Africa, as well as other humanitarian projects helping disadvantaged children and developing nations, ending poverty and hunger, promoting human rights, and providing education and health care to children affected by war.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moy |first=Melissa |title=Remembering David Bowie's philanthropic contributions |date=21 January 2016 |url=https://glasspockets.org/transparency-talk/remembering-david-bowie-s-philanthropic-contributions |website=Glass Pockets |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024104946/https://glasspockets.org/transparency-talk/remembering-david-bowie-s-philanthropic-contributions |url-status=live }}</ref> A portion of the proceeds from the [[pay-per-view]] showing of Bowie's 50th birthday concert in 1997 was donated to [[Save the Children]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msopr.com/press-releases/david-bowie-spectacular-and-acclaimed-50th-birthday-concert-to-air-as-a-television-pay-per-view-event/ |title=David Bowie: Spectacular and Acclaimed 50th Birthday Concert to Air as a Television Pay Per View Event |date=28 February 1997 |first=Tresa |last=Schneider |work=MSOPR.COM | access-date=18 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072309/http://www.msopr.com/press-releases/david-bowie-spectacular-and-acclaimed-50th-birthday-concert-to-air-as-a-television-pay-per-view-event/ | archive-date=7 April 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref>