This May Christie’s launches two new sale concepts VICE and VIRTUE, the latest in a series of thematic online auctions from the Post-War and Contemporary Art department. Representing the two opposing sides of human nature, VICE captures the myriad ways of worldly escape in its selection, reflecting our long-held humanistic tendency to chase pleasure, while VIRTUE turns inward, featuring art indicative of hope, wisdom, happiness and warmth from worlds both real and imagined. With works by Barbara Kruger, Mel Ramos, Andy Warhol and Jean Dubuffet, the sales offer a reprieve from our new reality and celebrate the human spirit in these extraordinary times.

Alongside our Post-War and Contemporary Art Online sales, Christie’s is presenting as a special addition the Mark Seliger: RADArt4Aid online auction on 28 May, a partnership between RAD, an organization that facilitates celebrities advocating for charitable causes, and the famed American photographer. Seliger’s iconic portraits of Tom Hanks, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, among others, will be sold to support a charity of the celebrity’s choosing under the umbrella cause of COVID-19 relief.

We invite you to explore highlights from the sales online and in our virtual Viewing Room. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information about the sales, or to discuss the market.