More than 240 exhibitors took part in Art Basel Hong Kong this year, angling for buyers at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre through Saturday, March 30. How did they do? Business was slower than in past years, according to many dealers, but sales did occur—and some galleries even seemed to be doing big business. “While the weaker Chinese economy is a reality, it doesn’t mean that we cannot work well,” Hauser and Wirth’s president, Marc Payot, said. The mega firm has bet big on Hong Kong, opening a ground-floor space earlier this year, and that bet appeared to pay off, as it posted major sales, like a $9 million late Willem de Kooning.
What else sold? As usual, Artnet News Pro has an expansive list, below. But first, let us dispense with a few caveats. Most prices were originally reported in U.S. dollars, however some pieces were priced in other currencies: Those were converted into greenbacks and rounded. These figures come from dealers, the fair, and sundry publicists; they are by no means exhaustive, and they contain only as much information as those sources were willing to share. Which is why some of these listings come with peculiar price ranges rather than exact prices. Nevertheless, the figures offer a glimpse at the business being done on the floor (and in the digital ether), as well as the fine art of pricing fine art.
The art world is a movable feast, and the next stops include places like Brussels, for the Art Brussels fair later this month, and New York, where there are more fairs planned for May than can possibly be listed here. Hope to see you there.
Paintings by Caroline Bachmann, presented by Meyer Riegger. Photo courtesy Art Basel Hong Kong
PAINTINGS
$9 million: Willem de Kooning, Untitled III (1986) at Hauser & Wirth
$8.5 million: Philip Guston, The Desire (1978) at Hauser & Wirth
$3.5 million: Mark Bradford, May the Lord be the first one in the car…and the last out. (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$2 million+: George Condo, Constructed Female Portrait (2024) at Sprüth Magers
$1.5 million: Georg Baselitz, So me he bo lo (2013) at Acquavella Galleries
$1.3 million: Alex Katz, Yellow Tree 2 (2021) at Gladstone Gallery
$1.2 million: Lynne Drexler, Plumed Bloom (1967) at White Cube
$1.1 million: Ed Clark, Homage to the Sands of Springtime (2009) at Hauser & Wirth
$850,000: George Condo, Escaping Figures (1998) at Hauser & Wirth
$850,000: Pat Steir, 9 x 7, D (2022) at Hauser & Wirth
$800,000: Avery Singer, Poppers (2024) at Hauser & Wirth
$750,000: Christine Ay Tjoe, 3->2 #05 (2010) at White Cube
$750,000: Rashid Johnson, God Painting “Open Waters” (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$699,700: Maria Lassnig, Heimliche Liebe / Heimlich Liebe / Couple im Gespräch (Secret Love / Secretly Love / Couple Talking), 1995, at Hauser & Wirth
$600,000: Anj Smith, If Winter comes (can Spring be far behind)? (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$595,000: Charles Gaines, Numbers and Trees: Charleston Series 1, Tree #11, Fiddle Way (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$540,000–$648,000: Park Seo-Bo, Écriture No. 040424 (2004) at Kukje Gallery
$538,300: Yan Pei-Ming, Dragon rouge vermillion de Chine (2023) at Massimo De Carlo
UNDER $500,000
$485,000: Martha Jungwirth, Ohne Titel (2023) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$475,000: Jenny Holzer, Minor Victim-3 (2022) at Sprüth Magers
$377,000–$538,000: Giorgio Morandi, Fiori (1957) at Galleria d’Arte Maggiore G.A.M.
$375,000: A Salvo painting at Gladstone Gallery
$350,000: Zhang Enli, Composer (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$340,000–$390,000: Shara Hughes, Pink Cotton (2022) at David Kordansky Gallery
$340,000: Su Xiaobai, Gracile-1 (2022) at Tina Keng Gallery
$335,000: Ju Ting, Deep Rivers Run Quiet (2024) at Star Gallery
$310,000: Mr., Untitled (2024) at Perrotin
$300,000–$330,000: Each of two paintings by Javier Calleja at Almine Rech
$290,700: Julije Knifer, Untitled (1969) at Galerie Frank Elbaz
$275,000: Lisa Brice, Chasing that High (2006) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$275,000: Adam Pendleton, Black Dada (D), 2023, at Pace Gallery
$250,000: Michaela Yearwood-Dan, If we carry on we will fall (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$250,000: Robert Motherwell, Untitled (ca. 1951) at Kasmin
$248,000: A work by Katharina Grosse at Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder
$245,000: A painting by Eddie Martinez Timothy Taylor
$240,000: Salvo, Ottobre (1999) at Mazzoleni
$237,000: Georges Mathieu, Homage to Guillaume Dufay (1970) at Perrotin
$230,000: Barry McGee, Untitled (2023) at Perrotin
$225,000: A Salvo painting at Gladstone Gallery
$223,000–$268,000: Ha Chong-Hyun, Conjunction 24 (2024) at Kukje Gallery
$210,000: A work by Bernard Frize at Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder
$200,000–$300,000: Hsiao Chin, Chi-217 (1983) at Liang Gallery
$200,000: Catherine Goodman, The Sweet Sound of Silence (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$190,000–$210,000: A painting by Kenny Scharf at Almine Rech
$190,000: Lee Bul, Perdu CXCIV (2024) at Lehmann Maupin
$188,500: A Leon Kossoff painting at Xavier Hufkens
$185,000: Yan Ping, That Summer (2020) at Massimo De Carlo
$185,000: Joel Mesler, Untitled (More Joy), 2023, at David Kordansky Gallery
$175,000: Marilyn Minter, Red White and Blue (2022–23) at Lehmann Maupin
$175,000: A Salvo painting at Gladstone Gallery
$175,000: Camille Henrot, Dos and Don’ts—Mozart or the Brilliant Child (2022) at Hauser & Wirth
$165,000 Hilary Pecis, Water Polo Practice (2024) at David Kordansky Gallery
$150,000: Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Wild Roses (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$150,000: Michaela Yearwood-Dan, You can’t fight the tears (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$145,000–$160,000: A drawing by Tom Wesselmann at Almine Rech
$142,000: Shim Moon-Seup, The Presentation (2021) at Perrotin
$140,000–$190,000: Martha Diamond, The City (1989) at David Kordansky Gallery
$130,000: Michaela Yearwood-Dan, If only you knew (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$129,200: Bharti Kher, Matter I (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$125,000: Sarah Morris, Lippo [Hong Kong] (2024) at White Cube
$121,000: Miriam Cahn, (schlafen,19.8.2022), 2022, at Galerie Jocelyn Wolff
$120,000–$130,000: David Salle, Tree of Life, Split (2024) at Lehmann Maupin
$120,000: Su Meng-Hung, Flames gone with the red blossoms, smoke trailing along the evening clouds (2024) at Tina Keng Gallery
$120,000: Odili Donald Odita, Tempest (2024) at David Kordansky Gallery
$115,000: Emi Kuraya, Untitled (2024) at Perrotin
$110,000: Michaela Yearwood-Dan, The search (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$106,800: A painting by Thierry De Cordier at Xavier Hufkens
$100,000: Kylie Manning, Fracture (2024) at Pace Gallery
$100,000: Maysha Mohamedi, Ice Remedy (2023) at Pace Gallery
$100,000–$150,000: Four works by Walasse Ting at Alisan Fine Arts
$100,000–$110,000: A photograph by Taryn Simon at Almine Rech
$100,000: Lenz Geerk, The new year (2024) at Massimo De Carlo
$100,000: Angel Otero, Reckless and Sweet (2022) at Hauser & Wirth
$100,000: Rao Fu, Paradise Lost (2024) at Mind Set Art Center
$100,000: Angel Otero, Balcony (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$100,000: Jamian Juliano-Villani, Omni (2023) at Massimo De Carlo
UNDER $100,000
$99,200: A Miriam Cahn work at Galerie Jocelyn Wolff
$95,000: Mika Tajima, Negative Entropy (Seishoji Priest Prayer Drumming, Mustard, Quad), 2024, at Pace Gallery
$95,000: Cinga Samson, Igcukuma (2024) at White Cube
$90,000: Salvo, La valle (2008) at Mazzoleni
$90,000: Jason Boyd Kinsella, Grace (2020) at Perrotin
$90,000–$110,000: Mungo Thomson, December 28, 2015–January 4, 2016 (The Year Ahead), 2022, at Galerie Frank Elbaz
$86,100: Laurent Grasso, Studies into the Past at Perrotin
$85,000: Celeste Rapone, Sprawl (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$85,000: A painting by Daniel Crews-Chubb at Timothy Taylor
$85,000: A painting by Daniel Crews-Chubb at Timothy Taylor
$85,000: Wangari Mathenge, In Our Midst Yet Nowhere At All (2024) at Pippy Houldsworth
$80,000–$130,000: Chico da Silva, Untitled (1969) at David Kordansky Gallery
$80,000–$125,000: Two paintings by Ulala Imai at Xavier Hufkens
$80,000–$100,000: Jules Olitski, Without Trembling 5 (1974) at Templon
$80,000: TARWUK, MRTISKLAAH_emoC_saH_eM_gnilbmeseR_enoemoS (2024) at White Cube
$80,000: Agostino Bonalumi, Rosso (1968) at Mazzoleni
$80,000: Maia Cruz Palileo, The Water Between Them (2024) at David Kordansky Gallery
$77,500: Yu Nishimura, byway (2024) at Galerie Crèvecœur
$75,400: Each of two paintings by Cathy Wilkes at Xavier Hufkens
$75,400: A work by Herbert Brandl at Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder
$75,000: Each of two works by Lee Bae at Perrotin
$75,000: Alexis Ralaivao, Ode à l’inanimé (2023) at Kasmin
$75,000: Daniel Boyd, Untitled (AMFOSL), 2024, at Station
$75,000: Wang Huaiqing, Entrance 2/6 (2022–23) at Tina Keng Gallery
$75,000: Each of several paintings by Ugo Rondinone at Gladstone
$73,000: Chen Ke, Bauhaus Gal No. 36 (2024) at Star Gallery
$70,000–$84,000: Kibong Rhee, There is No Place (2023) at Kukje Gallery
$70,000–$84,000: Kibong Rhee, Diminishing Place (2024) at Kukje Gallery
$70,000–$80,000: A painting by Zio Ziegler at Almine Rech
$70,000–$90,000: Each of two paintings by Youngju Joung at Almine Rech
$70,000–$84,000: Daniel Boyd, Untitled (POMOTB), 2021, at Kukje Gallery
$70,000: Celeste Rapone, Rose Court (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$70,000: Rao Fu, Girl and Red Leopard (2024) at Mind Set Art Center
$70,000: Austyn Weiner, Panic in the garden (2024) at Massimo De Carlo
$65,000: Torkwase Dyson, A Bolt from Blue 01 (2024) at Pace Gallery
$65,000: Daniel Boyd, Untitled (FIJFIIM), 2024, at Station
$61,000: Joung Young-Ju, Memories 323 (2023) at Hakgojae Gallery
$61,000: Joung Young-Ju, Memory of Autumn 1026 (2023) at Hakgojae Gallery
$60,000–$72,000: Kibong Rhee, Out from Outside (2024) at Kukje Gallery
$60,000–$72,000: Kim Yun Shin, Vibration 2018-43 (2018) at Kukje Gallery
$60,000–$65,000: A painting by Alejandro Cardenas at Almine Rech
$60,000: Li Ran, Becoming a Symbolic Archive (2023) at Lisson Gallery
$60,000: William Monk, Untitled (rainbow), 2019–23, at Pace Gallery
$60,000: Jessica Ranking, Sea Flare (2023) at White Cube
$60,000: Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Won’t you stay? (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$60,000: Lee Jin Woo, Untitled P24-001 (2024) at Leeahn Gallery
$60,000: Jammie Holmes, Toast (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$60,000: Michaela Yearwood-Dan, The Calm Waters (2024) at Marianne Boesky Gallery
$59,400: Nora Turato, TBC (2024) at Sprüth Magers
$59,200: Francis Picabia, Tableau de poche (1942) at Galerie Crèvecœur
$56,000–$66,700: Julian Opie, Hat scarf umbrella pony tail plastic bag long hair long skirt (2022) at Kukje Gallery
LONDON (AP) — With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back.
More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three 19th-century sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey was amended Thursday to restore the diaereses – the two dots over the e in their surname.
The dots — which indicate that the name is pronounced “brontay” rather than “bront” — were omitted when the stone tablet commemorating Charlotte, Emily and Anne was erected in the abbey’s Poets’ Corner in October 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II.
They were restored after Brontë historian Sharon Wright, editor of the Brontë Society Gazette, raised the issue with Dean of Westminster David Hoyle. The abbey asked its stonemason to tap in the dots and its conservator to paint them.
“There’s no paper record for anyone complaining about this or mentioning this, so I just wanted to put it right, really,” Wright said. “These three Yorkshire women deserve their place here, but they also deserve to have their name spelled correctly.”
It’s believed the writers’ Irish father Patrick changed the spelling of his surname from Brunty or Prunty when he went to university in England.
Raised on the wild Yorkshire moors, all three sisters died before they were 40, leaving enduring novels including Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre,” Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” and Anne’s “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.”
Rebecca Yorke, director of the Brontë Society, welcomed the restoration.
“As the Brontës and their work are loved and respected all over the world, it’s entirely appropriate that their name is spelled correctly on their memorial,” she said.
