Christie’s Small But Mighty 21st-Century Sale Reached $100 Million, Aided by Larry Gagosian’s Covert Bids and a Strong Showing of Women Artists
Jean-Michael Basquiat, El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile) (1983). Image courtesy Christie’s. Christie’s 20th- and 21st-century art auction this evening was a small affair of just two-dozen lots, but it brought in big spenders, and raked in nearly $100 million total. One of the 28 lots was withdrawn, a Jeff Koons painting from his “Gazing Ball” series, Velázquez Infanta … [Read more…]