21st Century Evening Sale Featuring Works from the Edlis | Neeson Collection

21st Century Evening Sale Featuring Works from the Edlis | Neeson Collection

Sale Overview

New York’s 21st Century Evening Sale is the most enthralling event on Christie’s global auction calendar. Reflecting seismic shifts in the artistic landscape in the late-20th and early-21st centuries, this sale presents masterworks from the past 60 years. Celebrated blue-chip artists mingle with today’s emerging creators. No other auction more vividly captures the art of our generation: where we are, how we got here and where we’re going next. This season, the evening will launch with the Edlis | Neeson Collection, an iconic selection from one of the most important collections of contemporary art ever amassed, featuring standout works by Richard PrinceEd RuschaJeff Koons and Andy Warhol. Further sales of art and design from the Edlis | Neeson Collection will continue throughout 2026 at Christie’s.

Auction times
19 Nov 07:00 PM (EST)

Our specialist’s selection

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Kathryn Widing

Kathryn Widing

Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale | Post-War & Contemporary Art

Kathryn Widing is a Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist in Post-War and Contemporary Art and Head of the 21st Century Evening Sale. Previously at Christie's, she was the Co-Head responsible for the department’s highly successful Day Sales in May and November from 2019-2023. In addition to offering works by some of the most famous artists of the postwar and contemporary era, she also has a specialty and interest in works by emerging artists, as well as female and under-recognized artists. She has worked on major collection sales within Christie's including the Rockefeller Collection, Bucksbaum Collection, Sonnabend Collection, Getty Collection, and the Anderson Collection. She has led Christie's partnerships with non-profits and museums in highly successful auctions, including for the NYC AIDS Memorial, Art for Acres, LAXART, Storm King Art Center, Public Art Fund, the Bronx Museum, among others. She also assists the department in business-getting initiatives and client communications for both auction and private sales, as well as appraisals for private clients and museums. In addition to her work on the East Coast, she also assists with initiatives in the Aspen area as well as the Bay Area. She joined Christie’s in October 2014 in the Post-War and Contemporary department. Prior to joining Christie’s, she was a sales assistant to the president at Pace Gallery in New York and curatorial assistant at High Line Art, the non-profit public art program of Friends of the High Line in New York. She earned a M.A. degree in the History of Art and the Art Market with a focus in Modern and Contemporary Art from Christie’s Education and a B.A. from Colgate University with a major in Art History, where she received high honors for her thesis on the art of Robert Colescott.

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