Sotheby's sale of Old Masters in New York on January 26, 2023. Image courtesy Sotheby's.
Sotheby's sale of Old Masters in New York on January 26, 2023. Image courtesy Sotheby's.

This article is part of the Artnet Intelligence Report Mid-Year Review 2023. Marking five years of our biannual Intelligence Reports, this inaugural half-year edition paints a data-driven picture of today’s art world, from the latest market results to the artists and artworks leading the conversation. Read the full report here.

 

European Old Masters

Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of a Man as Mars (ca. 1620). Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

Impressionist and Modern

Gustsav Klimt, Insel im Attersee (Island in the Attersee) (1901–02). Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

Postwar

Cy Twombly, Untitled (1969). Courtesy of Sotheby’s © Cy Twombly Foundation.

Contemporary

Yoshitomo Nara, In the Milky Lake (2012). Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

Ultra-Contemporary

Loie Hollowell, Standing in Red (2019). Courtesy of Sotheby’s.