On an evening that featured one of the most fiercely contested lots in auction history, Christie's once again emerged as the market leader in Post-War & Contemporary Art. Bretty Gorvy, Chairman and International Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art looks back at the extraordinary results of our spring season, highlighted by seven new world auction records and exceptional prices for works by Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Urs Fisher, Alexander Calder, Cy Twombly, Richard Diebenkorn and Cindy Sherman amongst others.
14 June 2011