David Bowie’s art collection to visit Hong Kong before London auction
The 400 pieces will also visit New York and Los Angeles
Late musician David Bowie’s personal art collection will be showcased for the first time in a world tour passing through Hong Kong before being sold at auction in London.
The world preview tour for the 400 pieces of painting, sculpture and design – including works from prominent British artists of the 20th century such as Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Frank Auerbach and Damien Hirst – will start in London on July 20.
Los Angeles and New York will stage the shows from September 20-21 and 26-29 respectively, and the works will be shown in Hong Kong from October 12-15.
The collection will then return to London for the Bowie/Collector exhibition from November 1 to 10. They will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in a two-day sales event on November 10 and 11.
“Though his family are keeping certain pieces of particular significance, it is now time to give others the opportunity to appreciate – and acquire – the art and objects he so admired.”
Auerbach’s painting Head of Gerda Boehm is among the pieces being auctioned, with an estimated value between £300,000 and £500,000.
A 1995 painting by Damien Hirst – titled Beautiful, Shattering, Slashing, Violent, Pinky, Hacking, Sphincter Painting – will also be auctioned.
