Bloomberg's Katya Kazakina recaps last week's major NY auctions

In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Katya Kazakina,
art market reporter for Bloomberg News, joins us to recap last
week's major auctions in New York. First, Katya dissects the sale
of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, which sold for $450 million
at Christie's, including expectations leading up to the sale and
certain critics calling into question the authenticity of the
artwork, and then what it was like to be in the auction room during
the sale of the work as well as art market insiders' initial
responses to the sale. Then, Katya identifies several reasons why
the market is feeling optimistic after the buoyant auctions,
including the increased presence of Asian collectors participating
in the sales. Also, she discusses that while abstract art created
by emerging artists performed very well over the past few years at
auction, we are seeing an increasing number of figurative artworks
by emerging artists doing well at auction, including Shara Hughes,
Kon Trubkovich, Katherine Bernhardt, Lesley Vance and Nicole
Eisenman.