T his January, Sotheby’s returns to Singapore during Singapore Art Week with a landmark auction of Modern and Contemporary art from Asia and beyond. Led by museum-quality masterpieces by early Southeast Asian pioneers Walter Spies and Raden Saleh, the sale offers collectors a rare opportunity to acquire exceptional works spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. Highlights include international icons such as Takashi Murakami, David Hockney, Yue Minjun, Pablo Picasso, and Lee Ufan, alongside modernist and School of Paris figures Marc Chagall, Foujita, and Vietnamese masters Le Pho and Mai Thu. With abstraction as one of the main themes and defining threads of the sale, masterworks by Zao Wou-Ki, Chu Teh-Chun, Lalan, and Fernando Zóbel are presented in dialogue with celebrated Southeast Asian abstract artists. Leading Southeast Asian names including Fernando Amorsolo, Hendra Gunawan, Willem Gerard Hofker, and Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres showcase the diversity of approaches in capturing the culture, people, and rich visual traditions of the region.
今 年一月，蘇富比將於新加坡藝術週重磅回歸，呈獻一場跨越亞洲的標誌性全球現當代藝術拍賣。 由東南亞先驅藝術家沃爾特·史畢斯與拉登 · 薩爾的博物館級傑作領銜，本次拍賣為藏家提供難得良機以收藏橫跨19至20世紀的卓越之作。焦點拍品包括國際巨星村上隆、大衛・霍克尼、岳敏君、巴布羅・畢加索、李禹煥等，並匯聚現代主義與巴黎畫派巨匠馬克・夏加爾、藤田嗣治，以及越南大師黎譜和枚中栨。
抽象藝術作為核心主題貫穿全場，趙無極、朱德群、謝景蘭、費南度・索培爾的經典力作，與東南亞重量級抽象藝術家展開跨時空對話。東南亞領軍人物包括阿莫索羅、亨德拉・古拿溫、威廉・傑拉德・賀夫卡、勒邁耶等，從多元角度捕捉地域文化、人文風貌與濃厚視覺傳統的藝術探索。
EXHIBITION
22 - 24 January | 11AM – 6PM
25 January | 11AM – 3PM
AUCTION
25 January | 5PM
THE SINGAPORE EDITION
BALLROOM, LEVEL LG,
38 CUSCADEN RD, SINGAPORE 249731
This season's landmark assembly of iconic masterworks unites transcendent talents across eras and cultures. Walter Spies’ ‘magic realism’, Raden Saleh’s dramatic paintings of the natural world, Le Pho’s luminous silk mastery, Takashi Murakami’s ‘super-flat’ style and Hendra Gunawans expressionist power, together embody enduring legacies shaping global artistic narratives.
Embodying the vibrancy and creative energy of today's artistic imagination, the contemporary selection brings together leading voices from across Asia and beyond. From Yue Minjun's monumental work and Yoshitomo Nara's quiet defiance to the playful pop sensibilities of Mr. and David Hockney's groundbreaking iPad series, these works capture the boundless spirit of modern creation.
Canonical figures who reshaped twentieth-century vision in Europe and beyond. Picasso's cubist deconstructions, Oswaldo Vigas's primal figurations, Marie Laurencin's tender intimacies, Chagall's poetic hues and Foujita's refined lyricism trace modernism's revolutionary lineage.
Celebrating women artists with rising recognition in the art world. This curated section includes Pacita Abad's vibrant trapunto work, Lalan's rhythmic abstractions, Kei Imazu's layered images and I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih's deeply personal works.
These artists redefined twentieth-century global abstraction by drawing on their Eastern roots and artistic traditions. Zao Wou-Ki's ethereal calligraphic strokes, Chu Teh-Chun's dramatic play with light and shadow, Lalan’s brilliant 1960s red painting, Fernando Zóbel's innovative saeta series, and Anthony Poon's vibrating color waves, all embody revolutionary approaches to abstraction.
The poetic synthesis of Eastern lyricism and Western modernism, the sale offers a strong grouping of Vietnamese masters who elevated silk into nostalgic vignettes. The works show Le Pho and Mai Thu’s artistic development at various stages of
Uniting regional traditions with modernist innovation, these artists transform local iconographies into bold modern expressions.
