1. David Hockney’s Record-Breaking Sale
Octogenarian British artist David Hockney clinched the title of the world’s most expensive living artist when his 1972 painting Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures) sold for US$90.3 million (including fees) at Christie’s in New York in November.
The painting was sold by Joe Lewis, the UK investor, and owner of Tottenham Hotspur football club. Christie’s is keeping mum on who the lucky buyer is.
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