Sotheby’s Debuts George Condo and Keith Haring Exhibition
, 2022-11-17 18:05:33,
Sotheby’s Palm Beach will celebrate its third season on the island in a new, state-of-the-art gallery and exhibition space at the Slat House at The Royal Poinciana Plaza.
To unveil the gallery, Sotheby’s will present “Condo x Haring: Expressions of the Imagination,” a major selling exhibition of paintings, works on paper, and sculpture by contemporary icons George Condo and Keith Haring, featuring the artists’ signature and most sought-after iconography. On view November 19 through December 31, visitors will be treated to approximately 30 works that illustrate and commemorate the artists’ deep friendship and stylistic influences on each other. Together, the group of works to be exhibited carries a total value in excess of $50 million, with individual pieces priced from $200,000 to $7 million.

The artists’ friendship began in 1983 when Haring attended an exhibition featuring works by then 26-year-old Condo at Anderson Theater Gallery in New York. Haring was captivated by the raw, avant-garde style of Condo’s abstract figuration and purchased several of the works in the exhibition. By this time, Haring’s popularity was explosive among the downtown New York graffiti and hip-hop scene, and his new brand of Pop Art was being…
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