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The 12th edition of Art Basel Hong Kong wrapped up on Sunday, March 30th, following five buzzy days that drew enthusiastic crowds to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event featured 240 galleries from 42 countries and welcomed a total of 91,000 attendees across the course of the fair, well above the 75,000 figure reported for last year’s edition.

This year’s Hong Kong Art Week—which included additional fairs such as Supper Club and a series of tentpole sales at major auction houses—got underway at a cautious moment for the city and its art market, a fact noted by those in attendance.

“Going into this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong, there was definitely a sense of uncertainty,” local gallerist Pearl Lam told Artsy. “The past few years have brought shifts in the market, and we weren’t sure how collectors, especially those who have been more cautious, would respond.” However, Lam noted that the week offered a “reassuring sign that confidence is returning.”

“The strong gallery participation, institutional support, and serious engagement from collectors all point to Hong Kong reaffirming its position as a vital art hub,” she added. “While it’s not without its challenges, the fair proved it’s an important step in restoring momentum.”

This sentiment was evident in robust deal-making across the fair, particularly by blue-chip galleries. Leading the sales was a $3.5 million Yayoi Kusama work titled INFINITY-NETS [ORUPX] (2013), sold by David Zwirner (all prices and sales are listed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated). While blue-chip exhibitors secured several seven-figure sales, the overall pace of transactions was more measured, reflecting the mood of the region’s emerging collector base.

“In general, collectors in Asia are increasingly likely to conduct thorough research before committing to a purchase, as the collectors build a greater understanding of the art market and value making informed decisions,” Angelle Siyang-Le, the director of Art Basel Hong Kong, told Artsy. “While there are always strong sales at the outset, we also see visitors who join us on VIP day return several times throughout the week. Collectors from Hong Kong, mainland China, and across the Asia Pacific region aren’t just interested in acquiring works—they want to build long-term relationships with galleries and develop a deeper understanding of the artists they encounter. It’s a nuanced approach to collecting, one that values education and connection.”

Another key development, noted Siyang-Lee, is the emergence of a new generation of collectors who “tend to be open-minded as they explore different artists, especially when it comes to mediums—from digital and sculptural works to the more ephemeral and unconventional.” This was evident in the popularity of Art Basel’s Discoveries section, which spotlights emerging galleries and artists, as well as in a series of standout booths across the fair that highlighted innovative names.

Also notable was the inaugural MGM Discoveries Art Prize, which was awarded to Shin Min and P21, the Seoul-based gallery that represents her. Min’s installation Ew! There is hair in the food! (2025) drew visitors throughout the fair. The artist and her gallery received a $50,000 cash prize and the opportunity to exhibit in Macau.

Here, we round up the key sales reported by galleries at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.

Top sales at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025

Mexican Singer, 2023
Rose Wylie

David Zwirner

Other than the Kusama sale, David Zwirner’s leading reported sale was Michaël Borremans’s Bob (2025), which sold for $1.6 million to the Corridor Foundation in Shenzhen, China. Other reported sales included:

• Elizabeth Peyton’s Happy Together (WKW) (2022–24) for $900,000.
• Two paintings by Mamma Andersson for $420,000 and $200,000, respectively.
• A work by Oscar Murillo for $400,000.
• A work by Rose Wylie for $400,000.
• A work by Portia Zvavahera for $380,000.
• A work by Lisa Yuskavage for $300,000.
• A work by Katherine Bernhardt for $220,000.
• A work by Emma McIntyre for $80,000.

Hauser & Wirth’s reported sales were led by Louise Bourgeois’s Cove (1988/2010), which sold for $2 million. Other reported sales included:

• Zeng Fanzhi’s Untitled (2024) for $1.5 million.
• Christina Quarles’s Push’m Lil’ Daisies, Make’m Come Up (2020) for $1.35 million.
• Avery Singer’s Untitled (2025) for $575,000.
• Rashid Johnson’s Soul Painting “Comedian” (2024) for $550,000.
• Zhang Enli’s Jeweler (2021) for $475,000.
• Jeffrey Gibson’s Your spirit whispering in my ear (2025) for $400,000.
• Mark Bradford’s Untitled (2007) for $300,000.
• Angel Otero’s Dream Rider (2025) for $285,000.
• Nicole Eisenman’s Life’s Path (2020–24) for $275,000.
• Lee Bul’s Untitled (Anagram Leather #11 T.O. T.) (2003/2018) for $275,000 and Perdu CCIX (2025) for $260,000.
• Catherine Goodman’s Evening Love (2024) for $175,000.
• Thomas J Price’s Sonic Work (Inner Landscape 1) (2025) for £135,000 ($174,000).
• Michaela Yearwood-Dan’s Kiss Me Goodbye (Don’t forget) (2025) for $110,000.
• Allison Katz’s Nightcap (Hitchcock) (2025) for $110,000.
• UMAN’s Pinky #4 (2024) for $100,000.
• Flora Yukhnovich’s Fête galante V (2024) for £75,000 ($97,000).

White Cube’s reported sales were led by Georg Baselitz’s Hannoversche Treue (2010), which sold for €1.75 million ($1.83 million). Other reported sales included:

• Damien Hirst’s Inperturbatus (2023) for $850,000.
• Georg Baselitz’s Mano (2019) for €650,000 ($703,000).
• Tracey Emin’s There was so much more of me (2019) for £520,000 ($672,000) and Sex and Solitude (2025) for £85,000 ($109,900).
• Antony Gormley’s OPEN GUT (2023) for £500,000 ($646,000) and HOIST II (2019) for £500,000 ($646,000).
• Shao Fan’s Rabbit 1624 (2024) for $130,000.
• Zhou Li’s 2025 Metamorphosis No.1 (2025) for $50,000 and Landscape of nowhere: Water and Dream (2022) for $42,000.
• Howardena Pindell’s Untitled (2024) for $325,000.
• Mona Hatoum’s Projection (abaca) (2006) for £55,000 ($71,100).
• Enrico David’s Study for a Bust I (2024) for $55,000.
• Marguerite Humeau’s Life in a Pile of Compost IV (2024) for £40,000 ($51,700) and At the Conciliabule of Breathing Mounds I (2025) for £40,000 ($51,700).
• Theaster Gates’s Civil Color Study with Red Hose, Variation 3 (2013) for an undisclosed amount.

The top sale reported by Thaddaeus Ropac was Roy Lichtenstein’s Water Lily Pond with Reflections (1992), which sold for $1.5 million. Other reported sales included:

• Georg Baselitz’s Luise, Lilo, Franz und Johannes (2010) for €1.2 million ($1.29 million).
• Alex Katz’s Ada by the Sea (1999) for $900,000, Study for From the Bridge 6 (2021) for $110,000, From the Bridge 4 (2021) for $90,000, and Dancer 3 (2019) for $18,000.
• Daniel Richter’s Attack on Planet Hybris (2024) for €420,000 ($454,420).
• Lee Bul’s Perdu CXI (2021) for €190,000 ($205,570).
• Robert Rauschenberg’s Original artwork for First International Festival of Asian Film (1989) for $200,000.
• Hans Josephsohn’s Untitled (Ruth) (1976) for CHF 180,000 ($204,051) and Untitled (1971) for CHF 70,000 ($79,353).
• Tom Sachs’s Marie-Therese au Beret Rouge et au Col en Fourrure (2025) for $160,000.
• Miquel Barceló’s COQUILLAGES ETC… (2024) for €130,000 ($140,653).
• Oliver Beer’s Resonance Painting (Perfect Day) (2025) for £55,000 ($71,159).

Perrotin’s reported sales were led by Takashi Marukami’s Tan Tan Bo: Wormhole (2025), which sold for $1.35 million. Other reported sales included:

• A work by Ali Banisadr for $350,000.
• A series of works by Lynn Chadwick, each sold for a price in the range of £40,000–£220,000 ($51,700–$284,600).
• A work by Izumi Kato for $185,000.
• A work by Emma Webster for $120,000.
• A work by Rao Fu for €95,000 ($102,700).

Pace Gallery’s sales were led by a painting by Lee Ufan, which sold for $1.1 million on the final day of the fair. The gallery also sold Ufan’s With Winds (1991) for $950,000. Other reported sales included:

• Loie Hollowell’s Alizarin crimson and cadmium orange/red and white brain (2025) for $450,000.
• Joel Shapiro’s Untitled (2023) for $200,000.
• Kenneth Noland’s Untitled (1978) for $175,000.
• Yin Xiuzhen’s Wall Instrument No. 28 (2019–21) for $110,000.
• Alejandro Piñeiro Bello’s Rumor Interior (2025) for $85,000.
• Alicja Kwade’s Little Be-Hide (2024) and Little Triple Be-Hide (2023) for €68,000 ($73,570) apiece.
• Mika Tajima’s Art d’Ameublement (Moto Ku) (2025) for $60,000.
• Kenjiro Okazaki’s Your soul creeps into mine, just like a worm in a fresh apple, nibbling deeper as it goes. Do keep the lovely peel intact though – such a pretty sight, no? Someone taught me to drink chocolate like this now. It’s my medicine. Wearing the patterns he like, waiting to hear I’m cute. Not jealous. (2023) for $55,000.
• Kohei Nawa’s PixCell-Shoe#14 (L) (2024) for $55,000.
• Li Hei Di’s The monstrosity lies between us (2025) for $50,000.

More notable sales from Art Basel Hong Kong 2025

Galerie Lelong & Co. sold a work by David Hockney for €750,000 ($811,460), as well as a work by Jaume Plensa for €470,000 ($508,000).

Xavier Hufkens’s sales were led by a ⁠Milton Avery painting, which sold for $800,000. Other reported sales included:

• A ⁠Nicolas Party painting for “approximately” $500,000.
• Two works on paper by Louise Bourgeois for prices within the range of $175,000–$350,000 apiece.
• A work by Giorgio Griffa for €150,000 ($162,292).
• A sculpture by Mark Manders for €135,000 ($146,000). ⁠
• Two paintings by Ulala Imai for prices ranging from $40,000 to $110,000 apiece.⁠
• Two sculptures by Tracey Emin for £75,000 ($97,000) apiece. ⁠
• A Matt Connors painting for $48,000.
• A painting by ⁠Sayre Gomez for $40,000.
• A painting by Nathanaëlle Herbelin for €22,000 ($23,800).

David Kordansky Gallery’s reported sales were led by Jonas Wood’s Poppies 1, Poppies 3, Poppies 4 (2024), which sold for $650,000. Other reported sales included:

• Shara Hughes’s Don’t Get It Twisted (2023) for a price in the range of $450,000–$500,000.
• Huma Bhabha’s Brownfinger (2025) for a price in the range of $250,000–$300,000.
• Joel Mesler’s Untitled (Us) (2025) for $125,000.
• Hilary Pecis’s Looking East (2025) for $125,000.
• Lucy Bull’s 20:35 (2025) for a price in the range of $70,000–$120,000.
• Lesley Vance’s Untitled (2025) for $110,000.
• Maia Cruz Palileo’s The Spell of Solitude (2025) for $80,000.
• Guan Xiao’s Spring Tides, Wild Grass, A Longing Waiting to Bloom (2024) for $50,000.
• Ivan Morley’s Tragegedy, [sic] (2023) for $40,000.
• Sam McKinniss’s Common Loon (2024) for $45,000.
• Tristan Unrau’s Oxbow (2025) and Revelation (2025) for $25,000 apiece.
• Torbjørn Rødland’s Dirty Feet (2023) for $16,000.
• Simphiwe Mbunyuza’s UTSHEVULANE (2024) for $12,000.

Seoul’s Kukje Gallery reported Park Seo-Bo’s Écriture No. 040516 (2004), which sold for a price in the range of $540,000–$648,000, as its top sale. Other reported sales included:

• Ha Chong-Hyun’s Conjunction 22-03 (2022) for a price in the range of $390,000–$468,000.
• Lee Seung-Jio’s Nucleus 89-40 (1989) for a price in the range of $100,000–$120,000.
• Kyungah Ham’s Phantom and A Map / poetry 01WBS01V2 (2018–24) for a price in the range of $83,000–$99,600. The gallery also sold two additional works by the artist for prices in the range of $40,000–$48,600 and $35,000–$42,600, respectively.
• Kibong Rhee’s Noneplace landmark (2025), Empty code 0 (2025), and TBC (2025), all for prices in the range of $80,000–$96,000 each.
• Kim Yun Shin’s Waves of Joy 2024–26 (2024) for a price in the range of $70,000–$84,000 and Add Two Add One, Divide Two Divide One 2015–34 (2015) for a price in the range of $30,000–$36,000. The gallery also sold five works with prices within the range of $15,000–$24,000 apiece.
• Candida Höfer’s Real Gabinete Português de Lieitura Rio de Janiero III (2005) for a price in the range of €64,900–€77,880 ($70,200–$84,200).
• Two pieces by Jae-Eun Choi, each titled When We First Met (2024), sold for prices in the range of $50,000–$60,000 apiece.
• Louise Bourgeois’s Eyes (2004) for a price in the range of $48,000–$57,600 and Pink Days (BOUR-13017) (2008) for a price in the range of $22,000–$26,400.
• Julian Opie’s Dance 5 figure 1 step 1. (2022) for a price in the range of £45,000–£54,000 ($58,200–$69,800).
• Korakrit Arunanondchai’s Before (2023) for a price in the range of $35,000–$42,000.
• Jean-Michel Othoniel’s Amant suspendu rouge et rose (2025) for an €35,000–€42,000 ($37,800–$45,500).
• Haegue Yang’s Staring Floral-Branchia Soul Relief – Mesmerizing Mesh #275 (2025) for a price in the range of €31,000–€37,200 ($33,500–$40,200).
• Lee Kwang-Ho’s Untitled 4518-1 (2024) for a price in the range of $28,000–$33,600, Untitled 4518-2 (2024) for a price in the range of $19,000–$22,800, and Untitled 4819-10 (2023) for a price in the range of $11,000–$13,200.
• SUPERFLEX’s Nine Flies Staring At Each Other (2024) for a price in the range of €20,000–€24,000 ($21,600–$25,960).

MASSIMODECARLO’s reported sales were led by Jennifer Guidi’s Seeking Joy (Painted Universe Mandala SF #4E, White Yellow Orange Pink Gradient, Natural Ground (2021), which sold for a price in the range of $500,000–$600,000. Other reported sales included:

• Carla Accardi’s Incontro di labirinti (1956) for a price in the range of €200,000–€250,000 ($216,000–$270,000).
• Mimmo Paladino’s Adagio (2023) for a price in the range of €200,000–€250,000 ($216,390–$270,480) and Aurea Aetas 4 (2024) for a price in the range of €50,000–€80,000 ($54,090–$86,550).
• Jamian Juliano-Villani’s Mother and Child (Special Delivery) (2024) for a price in the range of $100,000–$120,000.
• Dominique Fung’s Tang Horse (2025) for a price in the range of $80,000–$100,000.
• Lenz Geerk’s Woman with Seagull (2025) for a price in the range of €40,000–€60,000 ($43,270–$64,910).
• Bodu Yang’s Mirkwood 2;46 (2025) for a price in the range of $35,000–$40,000.
• Yeesookyung’s Translated Vase 2020 TVG 14 (2020) for a price in the range of $20,000–$40,000.
• Xue Ruozhe’s 一棒水A Handful of Water (2025) and 位移 x2 Shift+Shift (2025) for prices in the range of $20,000–$30,000 apiece.
• Hejum Bä’s Haptic Circuitry II (2024–25) and Iris (The Login Sentience lI) (2024–25) for prices in the range of €20,000–€30,000 ($21,600–$32,450) apiece, and Exit Il (2024–25) for a price in the range of $15,000–$20,000.

Kasmin’s reported sales were led by Ali Banisadr’s Omen (2025), which sold for $475,000. Other reported sales from the gallery included:

• Mark Ryden’s The Sentinel #177 (2024) for $275,000.
• Bosco Sodi’s Untitled (2024) for $82,000 and another work for $18,000.
• Alexis Ralaivao’s La lettre anonyme (2024) for $48,000.
• Theodora Allen’s Shooting Star VI (Oak) (2025) for $48,000.
• Lyn Liu’s Book eater (2025) for $24,000 and Acupuncture (2025) for $10,000.
• Sara Anstis’s Hill (2024) for $15,000.

Tina Kim Gallery’s sales were led by Pacita Abad’s Through the Looking Glass (1996), which sold for $500,000 to a museum in Southeast Asia. This work was part of the gallery’s presentation in Encounters, a section of the fair dedicated to large-scale installations. The gallery’s second-most-expensive reported sale was for Abad’s The Far Side of Apo Island (1989), which sold for a price in the range of $250,000–$500,000. Other reported sales included:

• Ha Chong-Hyun’s Conjunction 19-89 (2019) for a price in the range of $100,000–$250,000.
• Pacita Abad’s Twenty-five meters down on Layag-Layag Reef (1986) for a price in the range of $100,000–$250,000.
• Lee ShinJa’s Joining (1981) for $200,000 and Spirit of Mountain (1996) for a price in the range of $50,000–$100,000.
• Suki Seokyeong Kang’s Day #23-27 (2021–23) for a price in the range of $25,000–$50,000.
• Maia Ruth Lee’s B.B. Lattice 1-3 (2025) for a price in the range of $10,000–$25,000.

Lehmann Maupin’s sales were led by a work by Cecilia Vicuña that sold for a price in the range of $350,000–$450,000. The gallery also sold a work by David Salle for $120,000, along with a work by Anna Park—whom the gallery announced representation of this week—for a price in the range of $40,000–$50,000.

Color and Light, 2016
Michelangelo Pistoletto

GALLERIA CONTINUA

Galleria Continua’s reported sales were led by two works from Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “Color and Light” series, each selling for €320,000 ($346,000). Other reported sales from the gallery included:

• Yoan Capote’s Purificación (ingravidar) (2024) for $130,000 and Isla (Omaggio) (2024) for $90,000.
• Loris Cecchini’s Aeolian landforms (Etep) (2024) for $80,000.
• Hans Op De Beeck’s Zhai-Liza (mother’s shoes) (2024) for $70,000.

Berry Campbell Gallery’s sales were led by Lynne Drexler’s Grass Fugue (1966), which sold for $750,000. The gallery also sold Drexler’s Bubbled Pink (1973) for $300,000. Other reported sales included:

• Yvonne Thomas’s Squares (1965) for $175,000.
• Alice Baber’s Yellow Croquet Third Wicket (1961) for $95,000, and Return (1962) for $55,000.
• Elizabeth Osborne’s Lily Pond 3 (1998) for $62,000 and Before the Storm (1997–98) for $38,000.
• Janice Biala’s Les Deux Jeunes Filles (1951) for $32,000.

Mazzoleni’s reported sales were led by Salvo’s La Valle (2002), which sold for $300,000. The gallery also sold two more paintings by the artist: Sant’Anna (2008) and Primavera (2006) for $100,000 and $75,000, respectively.

Almine Rech’s reported sales were led by a Javier Calleja painting, which sold for a price in the range of €250,000–€270,000 ($270,488–$292,127). Other reported sales included:

• A drawing by Tom Wesselmann for a price in the range of $180,000–$200,000.
• Two paintings by Mehdi Ghadyanloo for a price in the range of €80,000–€160,000 ($86,560–$173,110).
• Two paintings by Oliver Beer for a price in the range of £65,000–£70,000 ($84,000–$90,500).
• A painting by Minjung Kim for a price in the range of €60,000–€70,000 ($43,270–$75,730).
• A painting by Youngju Joung for a price in the range of $50,000–$60,000.

One Who Lives In the Dream, 2025
Hayal Pozanti

Jessica Silverman

Two Vases, 2025
Hilary Pecis

Timothy Taylor

Timothy Taylor’s reported sales were led by Annie Morris’s Stack 8, Cobalt Turquoise Dark (2024), which sold for £170,000 ($219,800). Other reported sales included:

• Hilary Pecis’s Two Vases (2025) for $125,000.
• Daniel Crews-Chubb’s Immortal XXXV (magenta) (2025) for $95,000, Study of a Figure VII (Immortals) (2024) for $16,000, and Study of a Figure IV (Immortals) (2024) for $12,000.
• Antonia Showering’s Summoning (2023) for £95,000 ($122,911).
• Hayal Pozanti’s The Gate to All Mysteries (2025) for $75,000.
• Paul Anthony Smith’s Dreams Deferred #86 (Marcus Garvey) (2025) for $35,000.

San Francisco dealer Jessica Silverman’s reported sales were led by Clare Rojas’s Sunset (2025), which sold for $110,000. Other sales reported by the gallery included:

• A 2025 painting by Hayal Pozanti for $75,000.
• Masako Miki’s Moon Deity Illuminates the Universe (2025) for $45,000 and Benevolent Observer (2025) for $22,000.
• Rupy C. Tut’s At the Edge of Awake (2025) and Awakened (2025) for $40,000 apiece.
• Two 2025 paper clay works by Pae White for $25,000 apiece.
• Two bronze sculptures by Atsushi Kaga for $24,000 apiece, as well as a work on paper and a mixed-media work on paper for $16,000 and $8,000, respectively.
• Chelsea Ryoko Wong’s After the Storm (2025) for $22,000.
• Davina Semo’s In Touch (2024) for $18,000.
• A 2025 painting by Emma Cousin for $18,000.

Seoul’s Hakgojae Gallery reported sales were led by Jiang Heng’s Sick Like a Limpet (2017), which sold for $109,500. Other reported sales included:

• Song Hyun-sook’s 8 Brushstrokes (2007) for €66,000 ($71,400).
• Joung Young-Ju’s High Hills Village 203 (2024) for $63,000 and Evenings 122 (2025) for $44,500.
• Jiang Heng’s I Saw My Shadow In The Dark (2018) for $49,500.
• Seven works by Yun Suknam for $5,000 apiece.

Additional reported sales from Art Basel Hong Kong 2025

Study for Japanese Art – Hokusai, 2019-2021
Yukinori Yanagi

BLUM

BLUM’s sales were led by Yinkori Yanagi’s Study for Japanese Art – Hokusai (2019–21), which sold for $90,000. Other sales reported included:

• Robert Colescott’s JOSEPHINE B. and a STEPPING BLONDE (1969) for $60,000.
• Asuka Anastacia Ogawa’s Moon water (2025) for $55,000.
• Christopher Hartmann’s Heaven can wait (2025) for $55,000.
• Patrick Eugène’s The Peaceful Pair (2024) for $38,000.
• Hadi Falapishi’s Cowboy and the First Snail (2024) for $34,000.
• Kaifan Wang’s The Triumph of Hercules (2025) for $32,000.
• March Avery’s White Irises (1990) for $23,000.
• Three untitled works by Kazunori Hamana for $20,000 apiece.
• Yuji Ueda’s Untitled (2024) for $18,000.
• Zhu Jinshi’s Thick Painting Stratagem (2022) for $14,500.
• Thornton Dial’s Getting Down Low (1993) for $12,000.
• Kenjiro Okazaki’s Dyed Yellow Sleeveless Haori/甘美的雨露 /Candyman Dohei (2024) for $12,000.

Beijing’s Ink Studio reported sales that were led by Bingyi’s The Palatial Gardens and Flowers (2021–23), which sold for $75,000. Other reported sales included:

• Ren Light Pan’s Sleep Painting – 01.30.22, NY (2022) for $30,000 and Untitled (purple dress) (2024) for $13,000.
• Tseng Chien-ying’s Aftersun (2023) for $21,500.
• Kang Chunhui’s Sumeru No. 6 (2022) for $13,000 and Sumeru No.56 9 (2025) for $10,000.
• Xu Bing’s Book from the Sky, Printed Sheet No. 2 (1987–90) for $9,000.
• Chen Haiyan’s The Eye (1986) for $600.

Sprüth Magers’s reported sales were led by Hyun-Sook Song’s 6 Brushstrokes over 1 Brushtroke (2025) and 9 Brushstroke I (2023), which sold for €65,000 ($70,326) apiece. The gallery also sold two works by Mire Lee, including Open wound: Skin sculpture studio prototype #7 (2024) and Open wound: Surface with many holes #3 (2024) for €45,000 ($48,680) and €30,000 ($32,450), respectively.

Anat Ebgi, one of Artsy’s best booths from the fair, reported sales led by a painting by Jenny Morgan, which sold for $55,000. Other reported sales included:

• Four paintings by Alec Egan, each in the price range of $25,000–$40,000.
• Sarah Lee’s Where Two Nights Meet (2025) for $35,000.
• Two paintings by Ming Ying for $32,000 apiece.
• Meeson Pae’s Pulse (2025) and Drift (2025) for prices in the range of $20,000–$34,000 apiece.
• Caleb Hahne Quintana’s Secrets of the Drowsing Tree (2025) and An Elegy for Lost Children (2025) for prices in the range of $26,000–$34,000 apiece.
• Gideon Rubin’s Black Kimono (2024) for $30,000.
• Two paintings by Marc Dennis for $28,000 apiece.

Mai 36 Galerie sold Magnus Plessen’s Doppelportrait Sarah und ich (blau) (2024) for $45,000. Other reported sales included:

• Michel Pérez Pollo’s Perspectiva Roja II (2022) for $25,000.
• Poppy Jones’s Gold Anemones (2024) for €20,000 ($21,639).
• Jack Warne’s Ts Brised Haven (2024) for $20,000.
• Gowoon Lee’s Daisy’s Bad Date for $10,000.

Vadehra Art Gallery’s sales were led by Praneet Soi’s Falling Figure (2024–25), which sold for $30,000. Other sales reported by the gallery included:

• Zaam Arif’s Where does the light fall (2025) for $25,000 and The Light Falls Away (2025) for a price in the range of $10,000–$20,000.
• Astha Butail’s A Transcendent Scheme (2025) for a price in the range of $10,000–$20,000.
• Gauri Gill’s Untitled (68) from the series Acts of Appearance (2015–present) for a price in the range of $10,000–$20,000.

Other sales reported by galleries included:

• Pearl Lam Galleries sold works by artists including Zhu Jinshi, Mr Doodle, Su Xiaobai, and Damian Elwes, within the range of $20,000 to $600,000.
• Italian gallery P420 reported sales of five works by Irma Blank, led by Trascrizioni Doppelzeitungsseite VII (1975), which sold for $32,000. The other four works sold for prices ranging from $8,500 to $32,000 apiece.
• Beijing- and Paris-based HdM Gallery—another of Artsy’s best booths at the fair—sold “several” works by Sanyu, including 16 works on paper for $37,710 apiece, one work on paper for $30,100, and four additional works on paper for $24,000 apiece.
• Taipei-based gallery Yi Yun Art—another of Artsy’s best booths—sold 11 works by Yu Peng for a total of $160,000.
• BASTIAN sold Joseph Beuys’s Halley’s Comet (1980) for €48,000 ($51,933).

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José María Velasco: from Mexico to London From 29 March to 17 August 2025, the National Gallery in London presents the exhibition “José María Velasco: A View of Mexico” Source: National Gallery · Image: José María Velasco, ‘Vista de la fábrica de hilados La Carolina (Puebla)’, National Gallery of Prague © National Gallery of Prague […]