{
  "id": 8264437,
  "title": "Blue-chip names headline Christie’s Hong Kong sales",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/blue-chip-names-headline-christies-hong-kong-sales",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:25:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Art Newspaper",
    "slug": "the-art-newspaper",
    "url": "https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/18/blue-chip-names-headline-christies-hong-kong-sales"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Christie's will hold two marquee auctions in Hong Kong on September 29 and 30, featuring works by prominent Modern and contemporary artists. The 20th-21st Century Evening Sale on September 29 will showcase major pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama, and Zao Wou-Ki, with the latter's Voie lactée - 09.11.56 (Milky Way - 09.11.56) from his 'Oracle Bone' period estimated at between HK$45m and HK$75m. The following day, the 21st Century Day Sale will offer Chinese contemporary works such as Liu Ye's Blue Sea and Chu Teh-Chun's Automne, with the former estimated at HK$25m to HK$35m and the latter making its auction debut. Western works on offer include Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild and Henri Matisse's Jeune femme au canapé, with the latter estimated at HK$20m to HK$30m.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "published": "2026-09-16T01:37:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/hong-kongs-data-centre-ambitions-face-us-2-6-billion-funding-test",
        "published": "2026-09-16T01:58:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}