Spring Auction Sales for Two Blockbuster Weeks Top $2.5 Billion - The New York Times

Eleven auction records for artists — six by women — were smashed on Thursday night in two sales at Sotheby’s.

Last year, global auction sales of paintings by artists under 40 soared to $259.5 million, a 177 percent increase on 2020, according to data provided by Artprice, a French-based auction analytics com… [+1722 chars]

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