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Phillips strengthens leadership team with key global appointments Edward Dolman. Image courtesy of Phillips. NEW YORK, NY .-Phillips announced the appointment of Stephen Brooks as the company’s next Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 September 2021. Edward Dolman will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of Phillips’ Group of Companies, working alongside Mr. Brooks and Phillips’ Global Chairwoman, Cheyenne Westphal. Mr. Brooks will be based in London. Mr. Brooks is a senior art world executive and was a key member of Christie’s Board and executive management team for over elev...

Phillips is pleased to announce a seminal work by Yoshitomo Nara as a major highlight of the recently announced Hong Kong-Beijing dual-location 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in collaboration with Poly Auction. Executed in the watershed year of 2000, as Nara finally returned to Japan following twelve years of artistic apprenticeship in Germany, Missing in Action is among the rarest works on canvas by the artist to come to auction. Created the same year as Nara's auction record work, which crowned him the position of the most expensive Japanese contemporary artist, it was also i...

Stephen Brooks. Photo courtesy of Phillips. Phillips, the longtime number three blue-chip art auction house, has hired former Christie’s executive Stephen Brooks, 56, to serve as its new C.E.O. Brooks will succeed Edward Dolman, who will take on the newly created position of executive chairman, overseeing the holding company that owns the auction house. When Brooks takes the helm in September, he will look to expand the London-based house’s international business, particularly in Asia, and to continue to grow top-selling categories in contemporary art, watches, and jewelry. Phillips auct...

Phillips to Host Inaugural Sales at 432 Park Avenue in June NEW YORK, New York Subject Line Please provide verification code Image Courtesy of Phillips   Company Announces Global Spring 2021 Live Auction Calendar, with the New York Sales of 20th Century and Contemporary Art to Take Place on 23-24 June, Featuring Works by Amy Sherald and Vija Celmins   New Beijing and Hong Kong Auction Format on 7-8 June   NEW YORK – 1 APRIL 2021 –Phillips is pleased to announce the inaugural sale dates for the company’s new headquarters in New York at 432 Park Avenue. The state-of-the-art galleries a...

The artist's famously sassy cartoon characters command millions of dollars. February 22, 2021 Yoshitomo Nara. Photo credit: Ryoichi Kawajiri. Courtesy of Pace Gallery and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo. A small girl in a red dress with one hand hidden behind her back glowers defiantly. Is she a harmless child in the throes of a tantrum, or something more sinister? The simple but cheeky title— Knife Behind Back—yields a sobering clue. The painting, created in 2000 by the Japanese sensation Yoshitomo Nara, soared to a final price of $24.9 million when it was offered at Sotheby’s H...