“They definitely stepped up their game,” said Alex Rotter, who recently left Sotheby’s to become chairman of postwar and contemporary art at Christie’s Americas. “They’re building something that needs to be seriously considered in the 20th-century and contemporary art world.”PhotoAfter the November sale, even the often-skeptical art press offered Phillips kudos. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Guarantees are here to stay — it’s something all our clients want to consider,” Mr. Dolman said. “What people don’t understand about this business is it needs an absolute core of infrastructure,” Mr. Dolman said. “I was asked to develop a long-term plan for the arts sector in Qatar and had completed that work,” Mr. Dolman said.

Source: International New York Times November 29, 2016 14:30 UTC