Selected Works from an Important Private Collection of Contemporary Art
Join us at 20 Connaught Street in the heart of London to discover works that capture the spirit of the Noughties. The decade’s contemporary art scene was forged in the rebellious Nineties, with the YBAs stumbling out of the Groucho Club and into the tabloids. Tracey Emin’s unmade bed, and her gloriously unfiltered appearances on BBC2, sent shockwaves across the shires, while Charles Saatchi’s Sensation at the Royal Academy scandalised Britain with its confrontational and boundary-pushing art.
Y2K! Selected Works from an Important Private Collection of Contemporary Art, to be offered in our Edinburgh and London spring contemporary sales, emerges directly from this moment. Acquired at the height of that expansion, the collection reflects the decade in which the art world redrew its own map. Suddenly there were galleries everywhere, all at once.
Y2K! Selected Works from an Important Private Collection of Contemporary Art isn’t just about looking back, it’s about seeing what that moment actually produced. We’d love you to come and spend time with the works in London, ahead of their appearance in our spring sales.
Illustrated: ELIZABETH PEYTON (AMERICAN 1965-) | TONY AT FOUNTAINBLEU, 2000 | £2,000 - £3,000 + fees
