WHO
Various artists

WHAT
The Sotheby’s spring auction preview presents the very best across the categories of fine art and luxury, with 20 auctions lined up. These include Chinese ceramics and paintings, modern and contemporary art, jewellery, wines and spirits, and even fashion items. On 5 April, while ‘The Now’ evening auction offers exciting, cutting-edge works, and providing a masterpiece context for well-established and newly canonised artists such as Jadé Fadojutimi, Nicolas Party, and Daniel Richter, the works showcased in the ‘Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction’ traverse the major artistic movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries: leading the sale is a phenomenal painting by Yoshitomo Nara, a glorious abstract painting by Zao Wou-Ki, and works by Monet and Renoir – commemorating the 150th anniversary of Impressionism.

Digital catalogues are online and available for viewing.

WHY
With so many presentations in a well-curated setting, you’re in for a visual feast for the finest art on offer. Exemplifying the incredible role Sotheby’s has taken in the collection journeys of many discerning collectors building great legacies, the Chinese Works of Art presents a spectacular roster of sales including a European collection of exquisite Chinese ceramics acquired from Edward T. Chow, which has not been seen in the public eye for over half a century.