Flora Yukhnovich, Pretty Little Thing, 2019
The London-based auction house Phillips has gained a reputation as the go-to venue to acquire works by emerging artists in high demand on the primary market. Each season, the New York day and evening sales at Phillips typically generate records for rising talent, and last week, that was certainly the case. At those sales, new benchmarks were set for 26 artists, including Cinga Samson, Avery Singer, Titus Kaphar, Julie Curtiss, and Kehinde Wiley. Together, these sales brought in a collective $153 million with buyer’s premium across 324 lots, surpassing the $101 million hammer low estimate.
…But which artists are at the top of collectors’ lists? Read about the works from Phillips’s New York sales that saw the most competition among bidders.