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Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods Curate Sotheby’s Sale

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Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods Curate Sotheby’s Sale

The couple selected ten works for the Contemporary Curated auction in New York.

Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns and his wife, model and entrepreneur Jordyn Woods, have selected ten artworks for Sotheby’s October 7 Contemporary Curated auction in New York. This participation marks a continuation of the auction house’s initiative, launched in 2013, which invites public figures to assemble special edits of artworks for sale. Previous participants in this format have included the rapper Skepta and the actor Robert Pattinson. Towns and Woods appear to be the first couple to take part in the program.

The selection reflects a focus on established American artists, with abstract expressionism and Pop art serving as consistent threads across the nine artists represented in the sale. The abstract expressionist works are attributed to late American legends Helen Frankenthaler and John Chamberlain. The Pop art selections include pieces by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as Ed Ruscha, who is one of three living artists on offer. The remaining living artists included in the curated edit are painter George Condo and interdisciplinary artist Rashid Johnson, both of whom are counted as friends by Towns.

The artworks offered in this sale do not originate from the personal collections of Towns or Woods. Instead, the couple drew directly from works currently available at Sotheby’s. Two of the selected pieces come from the collection of the late American architect Robert A.M. Stern. These include Warhol’s Flowers, dated 1964, and Chamberlain’s Untitled, dated 1967. Sotheby’s expects Flowers to fetch between $2.5 million and $3.5 million, while the estimate for the Chamberlain work is set between $500,000 and $700,000.

Flowers is co-leading the compact trove of ten works, alongside Lichtenstein’s Green Head, dated 1979. Both pieces share a matching price estimate. In press materials released regarding the sale, Towns and Woods stated that their collecting practice is based on connection. They described their approach as prioritizing works that relate to specific artists, memories, cultural influences, or moments from their travels. The couple noted that the selected works continue to reveal something new each time they are viewed.

The auction is part of the broader Contemporary Curated sale, which has regularly featured stars assembling special editions since its inception. The inclusion of Towns and Woods adds to the roster of previous participants who have utilized this format to showcase specific artistic selections. The sale takes place in New York, maintaining the city’s role as a central hub for contemporary art auctions and curated sales events.

Takeaway: The Contemporary Curated auction in New York is scheduled for October 7.

Source: Artnet News