May 24, 2021 Share On June 18th, Sotheby’s will launch its celebrity-driven “Contemporary Curated” series in Hong Kong, with Taiwanese singer Jay Chou serving as the influencer. In the movie, the heartthrob will not be the only celebrity honored. With an HKD 255 million ($32.8 million) low estimate, a work by Jean-Michel Basquiat that famously appeared in the context of the New York Times Magazine cover story from 1985 that anointed him as the artist of the “Downtown” generation will lead the evening sale in Hong Kong. The auction will also be the final official act of Yuki Terase, a Sotheby’s star specialist who can honestly assert a major role in the growth of Asia as a driving force in the contemporary art market.