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Modern & Contemporary Discoveries

We are pleased to present the Discoveries sales, which bring together diverse artworks of various media, regions and eras from each of Sotheby’s Fine Art Departments in an exciting sale context. The sales encompass paintings, prints, photographs, digital art and sculptures from the last 150 years.

Modern Discoveries highlights early Impressionism through ground-breaking Abstract Expressionism. Contemporary Discoveries spotlights artwork from the 1960s to today.

This sale series is designed with the collector of today in mind: both emerging buyers, who have no reason to limit the scope of their collections, as well as those connoisseurs whose collections already transcend traditional categories.

Upcoming Auctions

Stories & Videos

Type: video
Category: Fine Art
The Son of Fernando Botero on How Society Women Influenced the Work of His Father
Type: featured
Category: Contemporary Art
Top Results from Sotheby’s Autumn Auctions of Modern and Contemporary Art
Type: featured
Category: Contemporary Art
Samsung Brings Keith Haring’s Subway Drawings to Life
Type: video
Category: The New York Sales
Nudes and Icons: Roy Lichtenstein's Most Cherished Works
Type: video
Category: The New York Sales
Leslie Odom Jr. on Kandinsky: Colors that Strike the Soul
Type: featured
Category: The New York Sales
Extraordinary Highlights from the New York Sales
Type: featured
Category: The New York Sales
Morton Neumann: Picasso’s Favorite American Collector
Type: featured
Category: The New York Sales
Harry Frank Guggenheim: The Collector Who Brought Giacometti to America
Type: video
Category: The New York Sales
The Banana That Broke the Internet: Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' Heads to Auction
Type: video
Category: The New York Sales
Monet, Picasso, Kandinsky and More: Sydell Miller's Legacy of Beauty
Type: featured
Category: The New York Sales
Picasso’s Madonna: Portraits of Françoise Gilot
Type: video
Category: The New York Sales
Picasso's Masterful Contradictions | La Statuaire

Results

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Category: Past Auction
Modern & Contemporary Discoveries
4–11 December 2024 | 10:00 AM HKT | Hong Kong
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Modern & Contemporary Discoveries
5–13 November 2024 | 2:00 PM CET | Cologne
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Modern Discoveries
8–15 October 2024 | 2:00 PM BST | London
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Contemporary Discoveries
20 September–2 October 2024 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York
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Modern Discoveries
20 September–1 October 2024 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York
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Contemporary Discoveries
20 September–2 October 2024 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York
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Contemporary Discoveries
26 July–2 August 2024 | 2:00 PM BST | London
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Contemporary Discoveries
9–16 July 2024 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York
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Modern Discoveries
9–17 July 2024 | 12:00 PM EDT | New York
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