Sotheby's is thrilled to be partnering with powerhouse sports agent, entrepreneur and&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;best-selling author Rich Paul as guest curator. Rich has an impressive collection of over 100 works of contemporary art, with a special focus on Black artists. His collection includes works by some of the most renowned artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Ernie Barnes, Reggie Burrows Hodges and Sam Gilliam, to Derek Fordjour, Mark Bradford, Henry Taylor and Derrick Adams. Rich fosters and develops personal relationships with the artists he collects and has a strong history of supporting early careers. He is also celebrated for encouraging the athletes he represents to consider art collecting both as an investment and a passion. Rich was nominated to the board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2022 and has been instrumental in highlighting Black representation across the collection as part of the museum's acquisition committee. Rich has selected a number of highlights from the Contemporary Curated auction this season, including works by Fordjour, Frank Bowling, Sam Gilliam and Mark Bradford.

Meet Our Curator: Rich Paul

Featuring a dynamic variety of works across the spectrum of contemporary art, the Contemporary Curated sale encapsulates the innovative ways artists have pushed the boundaries of art over the course of the last seventy years. From Josef Albers to Cecily Brown, discover exceptional highlights by some of the most influential artists working from the 20th Century to this day.

Auction Highlights

Inside and Outside: Ruth Asawa's Masterwork

This September, Sotheby’s is proud to present important works from the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor in the Contemporary Curated Auction. Extending the legacy of the museum, the proceeds from this sale will go towards the care of the museum’s collection, ensuring it can continue to provide access to the arts in both the New York and Long Island region. The collection features works by major post-war artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas and Robert Goodnough—as well as the renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero.

Property from the Nassau County Museum of Art

Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated Auction is honored to partner with Truax Art Advisory and Stephen Truax to present Loved by the Sun: Queer Artists for the Ali Forney Center, a selection of works sold to benefit the Ali Forney Center, a not-for-profit that serves L.G.B.T.Q. youth in New York City. Six significant primary market artworks have been donated from the studios of leading contemporary artists, including Katherine Bradford, Doron Langberg, Chris Martin, Justin Liam O’Brien, Ilana Savdie, and Salman Toor. This presentation represents an extraordinary opportunity to buy examples of the most coveted artists’ work, and to support the vital work of the Ali Forney Center.

Loved by the Sun

Sotheby’s is honored to present artworks by leading contemporary artists, sold to benefit People For The American Way and People For the American Way Foundation. People For the American Way is a national progressive advocacy organization that inspires and mobilizes Americans to defend freedom, justice, and democracy from those who threaten to take them away. For more than four decades, the team has been dedicated to making the promise of America real for everyone and has worked toward a vision of a vibrant America where basic rights and freedoms are upheld for all. The freedom to be who we are and to choose our own destiny. Justice in our courts and our communities. A democracy that represents us all. That’s how they define the American Way.

Property Sold to Benefit People For the American Way

Coinciding with Contemporary Curated, Silversea is exhibiting images at Sotheby's taken by the renowned photographer.

30 Years of Silversea Through the Eyes of Steve McCurry

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AVP | Head of Contemporary Curated | Contemporary Art

Haleigh Stoddard 

AVP | Specialist, Contemporary Curated | Contemporary Art

Associate Specialist | Contemporary Art

Graham Ashby

SVP | Head of Latin American Art, Americas

Anna Di Stasi

AVP | Specialist, Latin American Art

Emily Nice

SVP, Global Head of Department | Prints

Molly Steiger

AVP | Specialist, Head of Strategy | Prints

Chanler Rutherfurd

AVP | Specialist, Head of Research | Prints

John Maher

SVP, Global Head of Department | Photographs

Emily Bierman

Cataloguer | Photographs

Matt Parciak

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Sotheby’s is honored to partner with powerhouse sports agent, entrepreneur and&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;best selling author Rich Paul for 
 
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 . The September sale will showcase trailblazing artists who define the postwar period such as Ruth Asawa, Josef Albers, and Sam Gilliam, as well as innovative and established players in contemporary art, including Cecily Brown, Dana Schutz and Salman Toor.