Art Market: Contemporary Art @ Sotheby`s Fall 2023

 (Drivebycuriosity) -  It`s November again and the world`s largest auction houses have their annual huge fall auctions in Manhattan. This post focuses on Contemporary Art  @ Sotheby`s ( sothebys). Quality & Quantity of the displayed art works were overwhelming and admission was free. I display here just my favorites, a very subjective selection as usual.

Above you can see "Head Piece (Black)" by Simone Leigh and "Abstraktes Bild" by Gerhard Richter, one of the many.

 

                         Abstract Orgies

 

Above follows Cecily Brown´s powerful "One Touch of Venus". Cecily Brown is a mistress of abstract and camouflaged orgies.

 

Above you can see Cristina Banban`s funny & sexy "Sentadita De Pensaba". The colors look like Disney movies, if they would make flicks for adults.

 

Then follow "Untitled" by Martin Kippenberger, one of the German avantgarde painters & "Long Night" by Mohammed Sami, who is born in Baghdad and lives and works in London.

                          Fruit Baskets

 

 

Above two bulky works by Fernando Botero: "Desnudo Ante El Espejo" & "Canasta De Frutas". In this ranking, LoL.

 Above a little collection of surreal works: George Condo`s "Existential Traveller (Girl in Blue Box); Genieve Figgis`"Lusty Ladies" & Marlene Dumas`"Against the Wall".

 

 

Last but not least: "Ladder Sun Dance" by Alice Baber & Andy Warhol´s portrait of German avantgarde artist painter "Joseph Beuys".

To be continued