The big November art sales in New York generated $2.2 billion (€1.89 billion) in just one week. Opening-night sales at Christie's in the same week totalled $689,795,000 (€592.45 million). 31 (Yellow Stripe) made $62.1 million (€53.34 million), and Claude Monet's Nymphéas made $45.4 million (€39 million). Aided by a booming stock market, the November art sales in New York generated a 77% increase over the same sales last year. Marlene Dumas' work is a repertoire of ways of painting and drawing, as well as an invitation to confront our humanity," he said.

Source: Irish Examiner December 20, 2025 09:30 UTC