Achieving a total of $225 million, Phillips’ contemporary art auction on 18 May 2022 was the most successful in the auction house’s history, and included an excellent Basquiat that fetched $85 million.
Christie’s has auctioned in Paris a drawing created by Michelangelo in his youth for 23 million euros, a respectable price although below his expectations.
Sotheby’s modern art auction on 17 May 2022 fetched a total of $423 million, led by works by Picasso, Monet and Cézanne.
The second part of the auction of the Macklowe Collection achieved a total of $246 million at Sotheby’s, which -together with the $676 million achieved by the first part- makes the collection one of the most expensive art collections ever sold.
One of the prints of “Le Violon d’Ingres”, one of the most iconic images of surrealism, was sold today at Christie’s for $12.4 million, making it by far the most expensive photograph ever sold.
On 12 May 2022, the Anne H. Bass Collection and 20th Century Art auctions achieved a total of $831 million at Christie’s. An overview of the key works from both sales, from Claude Monet to Ernie Barnes.
An abstraction by Gerhard Richter led Christie’s 21st century art auction on May 10, 2022, from which a triptych by Jean-Michel Basquiat was withdrawn at the last minute.
Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” has been auctioned for $195 million at Christie’s, an auction record for a 20th century painting, although somewhat below its pre-sale expectations.
Preview of the highlights of the Knobloch collection of Western American Art, which Christie’s will auction on May 17th in New York.
A look at the highlights of the eighth edition of TEFAF New York, open until 10 May 2022.
