Masterpieces from the S.I. Newhouse Collection
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Event date 18 MAY 2026 -
Event location New York
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20TH & 21ST CENTURY ART | COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS
‘He lived in the now’: the legacy of S.I. Newhouse
The Condé Nast co-owner's collection returns to Christie's with a selection of works that reflect a lifetime of influence
20TH & 21ST CENTURY ART | COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS
Endlessly breaking boundaries: three paintings by Jasper Johns
One of Si Newhouse’s favourite artists, Johns held a special place in the media magnate’s legendary collection
20TH & 21ST CENTURY ART | AUCTION RESULTS
Top collections drive 20th and 21st Century series to $922,194,466
Collections from S.I. Newhouse, Gerald Fineberg and Paul G. Allen, among others, powered Christie’s marquee week to new heights
20TH & 21ST CENTURY ART | EXPERTS, TASTEMAKERS & INTERVIEWS
Remembering Si Newhouse, a ‘unique and legendary collector’
Curator, author and art historian Mark Rosenthal shares his unique insights into a man for whom collecting art was the act of falling in love again and again
20TH & 21ST CENTURY ART | COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS
Masterpieces from The Collection of S.I. Newhouse
A group of 11 revolutionary works, led by the iconic Rabbit by Jeff Koons and Cezanne’s Bouilloire et fruits, realises $216,287,500 when offered during 20th Century Week in New York in May
20TH & 21ST CENTURY ART | AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Little Electric Chair — the defining image of Andy Warhol’s ‘Death and Disasters’ series
In this iconic, haunting image painted in 1964-65, Warhol reveals the underside of America’s consumerist and capitalist culture. It sold for $8,220,000 on 15 May in New York
20TH & 21ST CENTURY ART | AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Rabbit by Jeff Koons — a chance to own the controversy
Vacuous, disposable and deathless. Exuberant, celebratory and perfect. There is little that has not been said about Jeff Koons’s seminal 1986 sculpture, which sold for $91,075,000 on 15 May
20TH & 21ST CENTURY ART | AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Arbres dans le jardin de l’asile — A dazzling work from Van Gogh’s final crescendo
Following his admittance to Saint-Paul-de-Mausol in May 1889, the artist painted some of his finest works in a bout of cathartic creativity. This view of the asylum gardens — from The Collection of S.I. Newhouse — is among them
