• Issue
  • Sep 01, 2021

Auction Report: Lucrative Collaborations

EMILY MAE SMITH, Broom Life, 2014, oil on linen, 122 × 94 cm. Courtesy Phillips and Poly Auction, Hong Kong. 

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the art world’s jetsetters to largely forgo foreign travel. Nevertheless, auction houses have been deploying new strategies and partnerships to foster cross-border buying, striving to keep sales both safe and profitable.