\nRockefeller Center, New York, updated: 18 May 2026, 10:00pm ET.\n<\/p>\n
\nChristie\u2019s 20th and 21st Century Art sales week in New York marks a season of remarkable collections from distinguished patrons<\/a>, including S.I. Newhouse, Agnes Gund, Henry S. McNeil, Jr., Marian Goodman and Lorinda Payson De Roulet, as well as Marilyn Arison and Joanna Carson, amongst others.\n<\/p>\n \nThe week kicked off on 18 May with Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse<\/a> followed by the 20th Century Evening Sale<\/a>. Together the sales showcased a century of sweeping change and radical reinvention in the art world. Cumulatively, the evening\u2019s sales totalled $1,121,126,500, selling 97% by lot and 99% by value.\n<\/p>\n \nThe evening set eight new records, including artist records at auction for Constantin Brancusi, Joan Mir\u00f3, Alice Neel, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Records in medium were set for Henri Matisse, Aleksandr Rodchenko and Remedios Varo.\n<\/p>\n \nMonday night\u2019s auctions attracted bidders from around the world, garnering action in the room, on the phone and online. The palpable excitement in the saleroom followed a 10-day exhibition that broke the attendance record for any\u202fone sale exhibition preview at Christie\u2019s Rockefeller Center in New York with nearly 20,000 visitors.\n<\/p>\n Auctioneers Adrien Meyer, Global Head of Private Sales and Co-Chairman of Impressionist and Modern Art, and David Kleiweg de Zwaan, SVP, International Specialist, Impressionist & Modern Art, led the night\u2019s bidding from behind the newly-designed oak rostrum<\/a>, which was hand-made by Sir Jony Ive and the LoveFrom team for Christie\u2019s 260th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n \nReports below:\n<\/p>\n \n\u2022 Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n\u2022 20th Century Evening Sale<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nReports to come:\n<\/p>\n \n\u2022 Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n\u2022 Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n\u2022 Defined Space: The Collection of Henry S. McNeil, Jr.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n\u2022 Marian\u2019s Richters & 21st Century Evening Sale<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n\u2022 Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n\u2022 Picasso Ceramics<\/a>\n<\/p>\n