20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening Sale New York
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The countdown has begun for the evening auction of contemporary art planned by Phillips on 20 December. The anticipation is all about David Hockney and his Nichols Canyon, a painting overflowing with energy and estimated at around 35 million dollars. Considered the most important landscape by Hockney still in private hands, the painting is also the most costly ever put up at auction. If expectations are met, it is possible that Nichols Canyon sets an all-time record for the pioneer of British Pop Art. How come? It’s easy to understand why. Dated 1980, the work represents a crucial passage in the career of the tireless painter from Bradford - after the artist’s move to California and the famous “swimming pool” series, Hockney started doing landscapes, a passion that would stay with him for the rest of his life. He was inspired by the hills of Nichols Canyon, outside Los Angeles, where the artist set up his headquarters. However, the panorama is transformed on the canvas, with vivid colours and dynamic brushstrokes which remind some of the style of the Fauves. At the centre, a dark and sinuous band depicts the road that Hockney took daily from his home at the top of a hill down to his studio. “Once you live here, you have another vision of Los Angeles. These lines seem to enter you life,” said the artist, who found his promised land in sunny California and inspiration to last a lifetime.
The National Gallery in London presents the first exhibition in the UK dedicated to the 16th-century Flemish painter Catharina van Hemessen. The exhibition brings together many of the artist's surviving signed works, a rare figure in the history of European Renaissance art.
A research-based exhibition at the British Museum reassesses early Netherlandish drawing as a functional tool within artistic production rather than an autonomous work. Technical studies and revised attributions reveal a collective workshop practice and trace the gradual emergence of drawing as an independent medium.
Wimbledon 2026 returns to London, balancing tradition with new technology such as video review. Sinner, Alcaraz and Djokovic lead a new phase of tennis on the sport’s most iconic grass courts.
A London exhibition traces Emilio Isgrò’s work across six decades, between visual poetry and conceptual art. Erasure emerges as a critical practice acting on language, knowledge and representation.
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