• Issue
  • Sep 01, 2022

Auction Report: Youthful Energy

GEORGE CONDOTransparent Female Forms, 2009, acrylic, chalk and pastel on linen, 198.1 × 289.2 cm. Courtesy Phillips Hong Kong.

Closing out Hong Kong’s first auction season of 2022, Phillips’ and Poly Auction’s respective modern and contemporary sales catered to millennial buyers with new names, which were bolstered by a few established auction favorites for those erring on the side of caution. With younger artists continuing to break records across global auction houses as the market becomes younger, this strategy appeared to pay off.