Who Won New York s Spring Auction Week? Here Are 9 Important Takeaways From the $1 3 Billion Resurgence of the Art Market artnet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from artnet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More than US$1.3 billion worth of art sold this week in NYC
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Change is in the air.
The auction market, long dominated by work made by White men, is demonstrating some semblance of market diversityânot only in whatâs offered, but also by how much people are willing to pay.
âIn a way, the headline this week is about diversity in so many ways,â says Bonnie Brennan, president for the Americas at Christieâs. âNot only in the artists themselves, but the [artworksâ] medium, style, and price points.â Yes, she continues, there were solid results for established names, âbut the more electric moments this week have been around newer and more emerging artists.â
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The evening of sales in New York totalled $439.6m, with Basquiat's Versus Medici topping the contemporary art offering at $50.8m and a new record for Leonor Fini