Venezuelan-born Tiqui Atencio has been immersed in art since childhood, developing a reputation for her discerning taste and encyclopaedic knowledge of the art of the moment. She is a celebrated author three-times-over, inviting us into the homes of the world’s most accomplished artists, dealers and collectors. Now with For Art’s Sake: Selected Works by Tiqui Atencio & Ago Demirdjian, she and her husband Ago are passing the baton to a new generation of collectors.

This selection offers a glimpse into Tiqui’s journey, from her roots in Venezuela and her studies across continents to her fruitful collecting partnership with Ago since their first meeting in Paris in the 1980s. Inspired by the world around them, Tiqui and Ago have cultivated a diverse selection of artworks that is both visionary and global in scope, ranging from Carmen Herrera and Ed Ruscha to Cecily Brown and Julie Mehretu.

This May, 15 works selected by Tiqui Atencio and Ago Demirdjian will headline the 21st Century Evening Sale at Christie’s in New York, followed by a large grouping in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale. The exciting series will continue with the Design auctions in Paris this May, and conclude with 20th/21st Century Art auctions in London and New York through the end of 2025.