Christie's new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong, The Henderson, officially opened, welcoming a series of priceless artworks to the auction house, including Monet's "Water Lilies" and Van Gogh's "Boats at Anchor," both of which fetched staggering amounts, becoming the center of attention!
Christie's new Asia Pacific headquarters will be located in the new architectural landmark designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, The Henderson, and the auction will kick off on September 26 and 27.
Christie's recently held a 20th and 21st century art auction in Hong Kong, revealing exquisite masterpieces at the preview, covering European, ancient and modern Chinese paintings, Chinese ceramics and art treasures, jewelry, and more, attracting the attention of art collectors worldwide! The most eye-catching piece was Andy Warhol's masterpiece - "Flowers"!
Christie's Hong Kong Landmark Gallery will hold an exhibition titled "Dutch Context Cloud Mountain Walk - Ma Luowu Ink Art" from today until January 16th, featuring over 40 early and recent ink paintings by renowned artist Ma Luowu.
Looking back at 2023, there was a strong demand for art masterpieces from Asian collectors, especially in the "20th and 21st Century Art Auction" at Christie's, where Yayoi Kusama's artwork "Flowers" became the highlight. Created in 2014, this piece showcases the concept of opposition through a large number of dots forming the shape of flowers. Ultimately, it was sold at auction for a staggering HKD 78.125 million.
This autumn auction brings together works by outstanding artists from the past century, which is quite rare.
In June, Sotheby's will bring another special online auction, presenting 35 original design drawings from the legendary watch design master Gérald Genta's collection. Among them, there will be an unreleased design manuscript original drawing, confirming the astonishing rumors of the Royal Oak and Nautilus' royal status.
Sotheby's held an online contemporary art auction, marking the first time including NFTs in online sales, with a focus on the highly influential Monkey Kingdom series in Asia.
Hubert de Givenchy is not only a legendary figure in high-end couture and fashion, but also a symbol of elegance and French taste, his collection of artworks also reflects his refined taste.
This series of auctions will be held in three locations including Geneva, Hong Kong, and New York, with three separate "Gérald Genta: Icon of Time" auction sessions. The auctions will feature many original design sketches personally drawn by Gérald Genta throughout his career.
For this preview, we have invited art and cultural scholar Miha to take a walk around the venue with us, bringing everyone a simple yet exciting guided tour. This is a rare opportunity not to be missed!
Christie's "No Time Like Present" online auction will be the first time NFT encrypted art lands in the Asian market, with rare "CryptoPunks" created by Larva Labs leading the way.
Sotheby's "Natively Digital" brings together the focus works of NFT since its inception 7 years ago, with the leading lot including Kevin McCoy's "Quantum," the first known NFT work ever.
Sotheby's Hong Kong "Beyond Limits: Modern Art Evening Sale" will be led by an extremely rare piece from the "Wild Grass Series" by Zao Wou-Ki - the monumental work named "13.02.62" after Zao Wou-Ki's own date of birth - witnessing this abstract master's ascent to the peak of creation.
A painting known as the "first museum-quality snowscape triptych" titled "Snow in Prosperous Times" will be featured in the upcoming Sotheby's Modern Art Evening Auction next month, with an estimated value of HK$80 million to HK$120 million, from a significant European private collection.
After being completed in 1887, this work was kept by a family for over a century until the 1920s, and has never been publicly exhibited. In other words, this auction will be the first time the painting has been seen in 134 years.
