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Last night saw Christie’s Hong Kong trailblazing 20th/ 21st Century Art Evening Sale, with a total of 74 lots presented in two sessions at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The final tally, accumulated after nearly five hours, stood at HK$1.5bn (US$204.2m). The blockbuster event was spearheaded by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled (One Eyed Man or Xerox Face), which fetched HK$234.3m (US$30.2m) after fees.
. Robinson, alongside 12 other children from the “Housewives” franchise, made a virtual appearance on the show to talk about their lives after reality television. Others appearing included “RHOA’s” Riley Burruss, daughter of Kandi Burruss; Kairo Whitfield, son of Shereé Whitfield; and Brielle Biermann, daughter of Kim Zolciak-Biermann. When Cohen asked the group how their parents’ appearances on television affected them, Robinson initially shared that it made her social experience with other people difficult. “It definitely made my experience a lot different and just a littl...
Untitled (One Eyed Man or Xerox Face) (1981). Image courtesy Christie's Less than two weeks after the May auctions in New York marked a return to the usual blockbuster-packed season, Christie’s pulled off a similar feat in Hong Kong. Its evening sale of 20th- and 21st-century art pulled in a robust $204 million (HK$1.6 billion) and sold 97 percent of its 74 lots. Another similarity to the auction house’s New York sale? A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat was again the star. The artist’s Untitled (One Eyed Man or Xerox Face) (1982) sold for $30.2 million (HK$234.3 million) on an estimat...
Connor Remes with a painting by Basquiat. Courtesy of Remes Advisory. Asia may be the most important axis of change in collecting today, but it’s also just part of another crucial shift concerning age and gender. Take it from Christie’s restructured 20th and 21st Century art departments, who told Katya Kazakina that he “didn’t know many of the names of buyers and bidders in” the house’s $211 million 21st Century evening auction in New York last week. One longtime market player identified many of these fresh-faced collectors as “art bros,” which Katya summarize...