“Top Prize Winners and Women Dominate Contemporary Art Auctions at Christie’s”

In retrospect, the development seems all too clear: the full braking of the art business in the Covid times was followed by a boom. This was exemplified last year in New York, when the Macklowe and Paul G. Allen collections were auctioned off and the latter made history with a record sale of $1.5 billion. However, it is now becoming apparent that this event marked the brilliant end of a cycle – possibly even an era.